Well what a year it has been for Richard Durand! This boy simply smashed it this year and that is why he has catapulted all the way up to number 66 in the DJ Magazine Top 100, with his pheonomenal DJ sets, remixes and productions. Not that it was necessary for me to introduce him as you should all be aware who he is! Here with Predator he delivers three techy influenced shufflers that as expected are going to rock the place! First up is the Mix One of Predator vs Cha Cha, which has one seriously infectious bassline and gritty stab work amongst minimal yet shuffly percussion and a pounding kick! Mix Two adds a sonar bleep to proceedings and is hugely effective, while finally 'Predator' is the more stripped back, leaving out the pitch bent synth that is dominant in the other two mixes, yet still retaining charm! You simply can't fault this, what a stomper!
New Release Alex O'Rion
Well everybody, what can I say, another month goes by and yet another rip roaring release comes your way, this time from Alex O'rion. Rockin electro trance is the order of the day here with a chunky groove, rolling bass and a trancey break, this one I have no doubt will be flying into your record bags straight for the big room sets on the weekend!
Richard Durand "Weep"
RICHARD DURAND MEETS SKUNK ANANSIE
On-the-ball sample-heads and paid-up trainspotters will immediately recognize the 90’s rock anthem behind Richard’s new single. Sampling the full vocals of Skunk Anansie’s 1997 hit ‘Brazen’, he’s laid the trailblazing band’s scorched vocals over a fully-paid-up club slayer! Taking ‘Brazen’s original subtitle, ‘Weep’, the track will be released across mainland Europe by Richard’s own Terminal 4 imprint on July 21st, in the US by Perfecto and in the UK by Maelstrom/ NewState.
Here, in summer 2008, Durand is the fastest rising star in the EDM cosmos. Aside from his own successful productions, smashed by many DJs, Richard has produced hugely-received remixes of the Tiësto’s hits ‘Break My Fall’, ‘Lethal Industry’ and ‘Flight 643’. He has also just completed a remix for the world’s No.1 DJ Armin van Buuren’s latest record “In and out of Love”. After co-presenting Judge Jules’ R1 show in April, last Saturday (14th of June 2008) Richard stepped behind the hallowed decks of Radio 1, for his first Essential Mix.
The release of ‘Weep’ also marks the return of the legendary Perfecto label, which is being returned to full active release duty in summer 2008. ‘Weep’s road to release indeed started when Oakey pounced on a CD copy that Richard had just spun at a gig in the early part of the year. Now on the receiving end of a huge raft of support, Weep’ has been hammered by DJs such as Tiësto, Armin van Buuren, Judge Jules and Sander van Doorn.
For the summer of 2008 Richard has accepted a new residency at Eden in Ibiza where he will be performing a total of 7 dates for Judge Jules’ Judgement Sunday nights. More information about dates can be found on his website.
