Some new tunes to throw your way, this time from LA-based Crash Overdrive. Spawning music from his love of Hackers (and who formerly rocked out the correct reference of “Crash Override”), he comes at ya with one full on banger, and one solid dance remix of everyone’s favorite Icelandic rockers: Sigur Ros.
But I had to ask about the name, being a Hackers fan from its original release days, here’s what he had to say:
I love the movie hackers and in the beginning I was using Crash Override as my catch. I just didn’t want to be limited to being a gimmick based off the movie. I figured that since I tend to fall back on overdriven and distorted sounds that it was suiting to change it to Crash Overdrive. This way it serves more as a nod to the movie but still gives itself the freedom to evolve into its own persona.
Seems like a reasonable enough answer and proves he didn’t just incorrectly name himself out of ignorance (hey! We’re cynical fucks; I had to ask!)
First up, a full on banger. Starts off nice and sidechained and housey and works its way into an epic grungy build up hard enough to make even the most stalwart candy raver drop her pacifier in glee (hey, I saw a candy raver this weekend.. they do still exists!). There seems to be a movement towards taking the nasty electro sound all the kids love, and using more of old, tried and true, early 2000s formula for building tracks up and Crash cranks this one to the full level. I dig, hopefully you will as well:
To compliment this, here’s his remix of “Saeglópur”. Its way more low key, but still manages to rock out as solid groove that’s ripe for warm-up-the-crowd set.
Sigur Ros - “Saeglópur (Crash Overdrive rmx)”
Be sure to swing by his MySpace to leave some love and check out a few more choones for the dancefloor inside all of us.
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