I’m not one who’s been a huge DnB kid through out the years, but there’s always those artists that push the envelope and make DnB tracks that make me dance like no four-to-the-floor beat ever could. High Contrast is one of those who constantly blows me away in his remix/production work and with his crafting of deejay mixes. I remember listening to his Essential Mix about 2 years back on repeat for weeks.
His new album “Tough Guys Don’t Dance” just dropped this month and its a masterful blend of DnB roots with newer electro styles and haunting almost blues lyrics interspersed through out it all. The whole album conveys a feeling of getting down on a dance floor to a late night drive-in thriller’s light and sound.
I think the pinnacle of this album (for me at least –I’m sure everyone will have their own) is this little jewel called “Pink Flamingo”; basically imagine Kavinsky meets 150 bpm’s worth of the the DnB massive on a dark highway with nothing but an old resonate Moog to defend himself with.
High Contrast - “Pink Flamingo”
I’m totally look for a way to get this in a set without slowing it down to lose the lushness of it to speed distortion (sounds like something trixie and shaun would do @ 5 in the morning!). Regardless, the track rocks it and the rest of the album is masterful and is more than worthy of your highly cultured musical taste buds.
Order Tough Guys Don’t Dance from from Hospital Records and get down with your secret DnB side.
And, in case you missed it back when, here’s one of my favorite High Contrast remixes:
The White Stripes - “Blue Orchid (High Contrast Remix)”
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