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Madloch & Matias Vila – Reading Souls. James Teej + Nikko Z Remixes [Sound Avenue]

by Priya Sen February 11, 2015

Madloch and Matias Vila released their first joint studio project in June of this year. The result of this European collaboration was the twelve minute opus ‘Reading Souls’. Shortlisted for Nick Warren’s Beatport #1 compilation ‘The Soundgarden’ the track was eventually released on Madloch’s Sound Avenue imprint.

This spacey gem of a pack, brings out the 46th release on Sound Avenue with Canadian James Teej and Greek producer Nikko.Z providing new interpretations of ‘Reading Souls’ seeped in bold strokes and mulching soundscapes.
While Teej’s red hot treatment melts your aural senses in to submission, I cannot help but think that a failure to like this one, would only mean that the public’s musical palate may not be as broad to transcript the beauty of his work. Adding harder controlled beats, this remix concentrates on a bass line to close your eyes with, and those stringy chords really, do the rest of keeping you heaving and high. Vocals touch and go in the middle and create a sense of drama. Thereafter the track just dials up from the breakdown, upwards and pleasantly hypnotic. Can’t get enough of the gleeful meanderings this rework puts me through.
The second offering has Nikko’s magical remix fierceness all over it. There’s a sting in the tail of this coiled snake, with a lovely shaker sound. A dirty loopiness envelops one, and an otherworldly shiny bass funk takes over whatever else you got. One of those remixes that keeps you interested in its deep grooves, the one you’d wish could extend to forever. Enough said!!
Exquisite stuff you guys.