We covered the original of “ZX81″ back in December and it was one of my favourite tracks of the year, so when this remix package popped up I was a little unsure of how they’d work. But fear not – both Shed and Ramadanman have turned in brilliant reworks. It’s the latter that stands out for me though with it’s tribal percussion, subtle dark atmospherics and rumbling sub.

Available now at Boomkat.

I’ve long been a fan of D Bridge’s work – from his brilliant work as part of Future Forces Inc up to his Bad Company days. In recent years however I haven’t really been finding his material to my liking. As much as I’m a fan of deeper drum n bass, I found his solo work to be a little on the dull side and slightly overrated. As part of the Autonomic collective and with his Exit imprint he’s responsible for bringing deeper beats to the forefront of dnb, but I’ve just found his own material slightly lacking somewhat.

Then I stumbled across this little beauty, released as part of a split 7″ release on Fat City, and I was blown away. It’s a lovely piece of downtempo electronica, taking inspiration from classic electro and with a bassline so warm you could basically wrap yourself up in it in the middle of a snowstorm and still be toasty. It has rejigged my faith in his phenomenal production skills and I’ll be keeping my eyes a-peeled for anything similar from him in this vein.

I think the 7″ is sold out now but it’s still available on MP3 from Junodownload and other places.

D Bridge – ZX81