PAUL WOOLFORD SPECIAL REQUEST 'RIDE' / 'RIDE VIP'
Special Request is house/techno Ibiza veteran Paul Woolford's new alias. Taking inspiration from pirate radio and jungle, this is the second 12 inch, vinyl only, release due from the project. In 2011 Woolford gave us some techno inspired releases on Scuba's Hotflush label and the incredible T William's Heartbeat remix. Now, Woolford has sidestepped into ambient-jungle-hardcore, remixing a Rick Rubin produced track as Special Request. The use of the Lana Del Ray sample over the dark jungle-hardcore sound is mesmerising. The second track throws in a deadly 90's hardcore Belgian hoover over some nasty broken beats and some funked up bass. The results are equally nostalgic and fresh sounding, and pretty astounding.
An album is in the pipeline.
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| Special Request Lolita release |
An album is in the pipeline.
SPECREQ003 vinyl in stores soon.
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