11-08-2009 @ 10:58
Nick Verwey is an Australian producer who, like Claude von Stroke, turned out his first few wonky tracks on surprisingly old-school technology - in CVS's case Reason, and in Nick's case Fruityloops. He started out making his own tracks to play out at a few Melbourne residencies, and his take on the brassy, funky and wonky sound - the oldschool vocal snippets, the horn section, the stumbling rhythm of Horn Rash? Well, we think he's a bit of a talent.
Which is why we've paired him this time round with Belgian wonderkid Tom Dazing, another talent and the remixer for Honey Dips. This is not music that will ever be Beatport-approved (TM), but it's as infectious as hell, as unserious and as serious as you like, and Tom's got the production chops to throw in everything but the kitchen sink - though in this case, he's thrown that in too, and a couple of them at that. This one is firmly in Playtime's tradition of "WTF?" remixing - a curveball as strange as the much-loved "bouncy bouncy" U&K remix of Mike Monday's Zum Zum.
It's the first unsolicited release we've ever accepted for Playtime, but it's sooooooooooo much fun.
What People Say:
"Great release, all trax absolutely rockin." - Tom Findlay (Groove Armada)
"Crazy and f^cked up. Brilliant!" - Greg Churchill
"Very nice EP... we like all the tracks especially the a1" - Abnormal Boyz
"Sick tracks! On it." - Tedd Paterson
"What a great tune tom dazing mix get yer wobble on :)" - Marco Smith
"Despite risking the entire club emptying the contents of their bowels onto the dancefloor as a result of the ridiculously trouser shaking bass, I am COMPLETELY LOVING "Honey Dips". I'll just have to bring a mop with me when I play it." - Mike Monday
"Full support!!" - Yankee Zulu
"Probably my favourite Playtime so far. Both in the arsenal for Glade this weekend." - Joe Roberts
"Great release, love the Tom Dazing remix too, i've played a few of his records, thanks!" - Matt Walsh (Trailer Trash)
"Go Playtime! I missed you like a newborn misses his mother's nipple!" - Dan Cat
Nick Verwey "Horn Rash"
Playtime Records - PLY016
Release: 24 Aug 2009
www.playtime-records.com