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Mengzy Selects - 027 / September
Mixmag Asia's bass purveyor Mengzy shares her musical discoveries from around the region
Welcome to ‘Mengzy Selects’, a monthly video column which features five recently released tracks by producers and labels in Asia and across the Asian diaspora. Your host is Mengzy: a Hong Kong-based DJ and producer, PhD in musicology, music journalist, and co-founder of Feed the Dragon.
L-Side, Makoto, Frank H. Carter III ‘What You Won’t Do for Love’
V Recordings’ latest coup is a gorgeous liquid revival of 1978’s ‘What You Won’t Do for Love’. Boasting all new instrumentals and vocals by Frank H. Carter III, the Makoto and L-Side-produced track has been coveted by D&B heads for at least a year and finally dropped on September 20.
Listen to ‘What You Won’t Do for Love’ here.
Seimei ‘Do This Shit’
“This is the sound of the East” is what Seimei declares on ‘Do This Shit’, a new track bound to become an anthem for Tokyo selectors. Shouting out the city’s districts (with his own processed vocals, mind you), the TREKKIE TRAX resident brings a strong Detroit flair to this killer tune.
Listen to ‘Do This Shit’ here.
Eich & Korzi ‘Smoke City’
And in exciting news for UK techno, Left, Right & Centre co-founder Korzi and More Cowbell head Eich recently released ‘Smoke City’. The single marks the first time Korzi has brought in a collaborator to his Bone Idle imprint and it’s a stark, percussive workout over weighty 4/4.
Listen to ‘Smoke City’ here.
Romain FX ‘Rhapsodizery’
Delight in stabs, melodic bass, and sonic nostalgia with ‘Rhapsodizery’ by Romain FX. It’s the first time the label head has released a standalone single on Hong Kong-based Fauve Records and in it, he’s channelled all of his - and the label’s - house, wave, and Italo DNA…
Listen to ‘Rhapsodizery’ here.
PRIMIT ‘V2’
Explosive electro is one way to describe ‘V2’ by Seoul-based producer PRIMIT. Featuring Prodigy-influenced vocals, intense mid-range, and hooky drum fills, our last pick for this month is rave-ready and not for the faint-hearted.
Listen to ‘V2’ here.
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