Friday, July 27, 2012

Scrambled

Every few days I'll run into a classic electronic track I haven't heard in awhile and that is exactly what just happened to me.  This time it was Remy's "Scrambled" off his "Bang!" album.  

The first time I heard this track was a clubbing night at Arc in New York City and it was the last track Sander Kleinenberg played that night around 7am.  I remember jogging up to the decks right after Sander played it and asking him what it was and Sander said it was just a track "his friend cooked up".  I knew then the first time I heard the track that it was killer.  The only thing I remember was this crazy loop that drove everyone crazy on the dancefloor, with the lights on no less.

The thing I love about "Scrambled" the most is the old school devil's loop that doesn't come along until almost halfway through the track and when it does it's accompanied by additional synths that completely alter the tracks appearance.  The whole track is turned upside down where the first three minutes sound as if the track is a standard house chugger but soon after the three minute mark the devil's loop is introduced and before you know it all kinds of synths are colliding to form a roller coaster of a breakdown that leaves you in the middle of peak-time chaos!  It's really two tracks in one, all Scrambled up.