Hoya Hoya – Top 5 of 2010
Hoya Hoya from Manchester have a reputation for running events with a forward thinking music policy and cutting edge guests combined with a brilliant atmosphere. Co-founder (with Illum Sphere) Jonny Dub kindly took time out to give us 5 big hitters from the Roadhouse dancefloor.
Hoya Hoya – Top 5 of 2010
Lorn – Tomorrow
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In my mind this song sounds like the end of the world happening. It conjures images of the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse bringing forth the angels of armageddon, entire cities collapse whist engulfed in flames as darkness envelopes the world & the demise of humanity unfolds……. Well maybe I have quite a warped & active imagination, but i can really feel a sense of fear, despair & hopelessness in this track. This track & the rest of the LP can stand up there with the likes of Burial’s albums, in the sense that you can listen to it and really feel & get an understanding of the artists emotions. Whereas Burial really captures that sense of longing & heartbreak, Lorn equally captures a sense of pain, anger & frustration & I think that this track pretty much reflects that really well, even in the title.
Kyle Hall – You Know What I Feel
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A nice slice of Detroit Soul 2-step from the annoyingly young Kyle Hall (I say this as I wish I could have created music this educated and developed at the tender age of 18). Beautiful textured pads melt over smooth sub bass & stuttered kick patterns, whilst the song is driven by an assault of neck jerking compressed hi hats. Throw in a catchy vocoder vocal & you have a winner in my eyes. The song is so delicate & has such a lovely pace to it, it gently wraps itself around everyone in the club until people are totally absorbed into it & dancing away without even thinking about it. A real eyes closed, smiles on faces kind of track.
Kuedo – Starfox
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Jamie Vex’d comes correct with some of the finest leftfield beats under his Kuedo (pronounced kudo) guise. This track is taken from the Dream Sequence EP on Planet Mu and it blew me away the first time I heard it. Many people try and create this kind of lurching, low slung bass fuelled hip hop sound, yet only a few seem to nail it on the head and Kuedo is certainly one of them. This track epitomises everything I like about computer influenced bass music – 8 bit arcade chords, bit crushed synths & chest compressing bass drops. The beat almost seems to fold into itself & stumble back out again amid a wash of textures in a way that the likes of Slugabed & Nosaj Thing also seem to do so well. I love playing this song at Hoya & it always goes down a treat & gets a great response from the crowd. Serious reload material here.
Danny Drivethru (DDT) – Virtua Rap
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Manchester local lad & a long time personal friend Danny originally created this track & it’s predecessor ‘Virtu Ante Up’ as a bit of a joke & gave it out to a few friends for a laugh. We all couldn’t get over how good it was & started playing it on the regular during our sets. Guaranteed that every time it’s played, people would ask what it was & would come over with a smile on their faces. It was obvious that he was onto a winner with the track. So many people try and create this 8 bit style & its a bit over done these days, however i think that Danny’s tongue in cheek approach to remixing 3 Hip Hop classics & banging them together in one tune really cant help but put a smile on peoples face.
Krystal Klear – Tried For Your Love (Hudson Mohawke remix)
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Krystal Klear – Tried For Your Love (Hudson Mohawke remix)
I was already a big fan of the original track as well as pretty much everything i had heard from Krystal Klear, so much so that we asked him to become part of the family & become a resident at our night. So when i heard that Hudson Mohawke was due to remix ‘tried for your love’ for his 1st solo 12″, I was literally brimming with excitement. The first time i heard it was when Krystal Klear dropped it at Hoya:Hoya and as soon as the beat dropped in I ran over & wheeled it up without even knowing what it was exactly, i just knew that it blew my head off. To be honest though, its not how I would have imagined a Hud Mo / Krys K combo, in fact it was pretty far from it. However what was created was this piano mad, sax fuelled, arms in the air, 90′s house monster, which has proceeded to utterly destroy all dancefloors since its creation. Click here to get this badboy for free!
If you find yourself in Manchester at New Year you must hit up the Hoya bash. Ticket info is here.
Lets give the Gaslamp Killer a few words on the Hoya Hoya matter….
They also have some exciting plans for next year….
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And how about a cracking residents mix….
