Tag: Barry Obzee

Barry Obzee & Lawrence Friend – Going On

These two have certainly chosen a superb release to get their year started. Out now on Vamos Music which started back in 2012 by Rio Dela Duna within the Housesession label group. Becoming quickly an undisputed label in the house scene, the label is supported by Roger Sanchez, Richie Hawtin, Bob Sinclar, Erick Morillo, David Herrero..

Initially you can tell it’s Barry & Lawrence’s groove from the get go. They have really started to create a signature sound from their grooving drums & rolling percussion..

With effective timing that builds anticipation they introduce “We got a beat going on” sample, teased in then building into the main drop. Nice low cut drums and trippy spacey atmospheric pads and stabs that fills the room before rolling nicely out into that deep rolling bass.

With other recent popular releases out on Jango, Rezonation & Jungle Funk, these two have plenty more dancefloors tricks up their sleeve! I Will be grooving this one into the next Arcko Digital Podcast!

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Reza & Barry Obzee – Passion

Here’s something that’s been out a couple of weeks and hit number 25 in the Beatport house charts instantly. A fresh 2015 re-lick of an absolute piano classic from yester-year; Gat Decor – Passion. There are a lot of remixes of old tracks surfacing in the house charts these days, but only a select few make a mark and gain popularity by radio plays and club plays, this is one of those! I am honestly hearing this everywhere at the moment.

If you’ve been a regular follower of this site, you would definitely have heard of both Reza and Barry Obzee (I have even collaborated on a few tracks with the two of them together!). Hailing from Birmingham, Reza has been a signature part of the house scene for many many years, having stamped his name on some of the biggest tracks on the market, do your homework, you know this guys stuff! And joining him on this track, from Surrey, is Barry Obzee. Barry has a huge history within the house and techno fields and a catalogue of releases to boot. The stuff this pair produce together is simply awesome!

So this version of passion brings so many elements from the original but with a few slight key changes and adjustments. A big breakdown and build up, and a bassline created from a very distinct part of the track that absolutely rocks! I’ve personally seen this one go off. It’s been supported by some of the industries biggest djs!

Grab your copy now..

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Barry Obzee & Lawrence Friend – Say Hey

Okay, so the perks of running a house music review website is that I get to showcase some of my own productions, and if you’re a keen follower of this website then you’ll know that a lot of the time I team up with my good friend Barry Obzee to produce our own spin on tech-house. This is a track we have recently released on Jango Music which we have been playing out for a while now, always had a good reaction!

A prize goes to the person who comments below with the correct name of the track where the main ‘Ooh Ooh’ sample is from (it’s replayed but sounds enough like the original to tell), hint: it’s an old skool garage track!.

Hope you enjoy, it’s out now. Thank you in advance for all support 🙂

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Barry Obzee & Lawrence Friend – Grinning

Well I haven’t posted for quite some time now, the reason behind this is that my beautiful girlfriend gave birth to our son at the beginning of the year and it’s taken it’s toll on my free time and has taken some getting used to! However, things are now on track and you’ll be happy to know that I’m now back to reviewing all your favourite house tracks. This time though I have also recruited another track reviewer who’s going to help out and take Public House UK to the next level. I will do all of the introductions in due time!

Right so let’s get to it… I thought it would be relevant to return with a track from myself and Barry Obzee which was recently released on Lucas Reyas’ label ‘Jango Music’. This is a label that has gone from strength to strength recently, with some top artist releases, we are very grateful to be on this label.

So the track is called ‘Grinning’ and is a nice little tech bouncer with a simple 3-key bass pattern, loads of breakdowns and build-ups. We managed to sample the vocal from a really old track (10 points if you can tell me where from!!), cut it up and laid it over our beats, fortunately it worked! We have had loads of great feedback on this release from some of the industries greatest. Have a listen and see what you think, available now…

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Jungle Funk Recordings UK Vol. 1

One of the many perks to running a house music review website is that occasionally I get to feature tracks that I’ve produced and signed to labels. This is one of those occasions!

When producing, I usually team up with my radio co-host Barry Obzee, together we have had tracks released on a fair few labels and also have many more that are being released very soon. For this release, we managed to get signed to Canadian label ‘Jungle Funk Recordings’ which is owned and operated by Jerome Robins and Deko-Ze. We feel very privileged to have our track as a part of the brand new three-track compilation called ‘Jungle Funk Recordings UK Vol 1’. I am going to review all three individually:

House of Virus: Only You – Huge main room house track with some very distinct percussion and massive bass stab pattern on the drop. I really like the piano chords during the breakdown. I’m gonna hammer this in the clubs, it’s big!

Barry Obzee & Lawrence Friend: Bassline Pumpin – It’s hard to review our own track without sounding biased, but this one is full of energy, big techy basslines, synth patterns and stabs. The breakdown stays simple, builds up and has a nice pitched down spoken vocal before that high-energy drop. We’ve already tried and tested this one on the terrace of Space, Ibiza and it went down a treat!

Gordon John: Laying Down The Funk – This one is a definite for any main room set, just check out the bass pattern and you’ll see why! In this track, Gordon has fused together some big hatty tech drums with a seriously sharp and bouncy bass pattern. Honestly, you need to hear this!

Three completely different style tracks and all flying the British flag high. This whole release is available right now exclusive to Beatport for a few weeks before getting released on every platform. Check it..

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Barry Obzee & Lawrence Friend ft Sophie Foster – Break My Heart

Right now this one is a bit cheeky as I am actually reviewing my own track! Feel free to send me over your own reviews, I am always open to constructive criticism and I know it’s not going to be to everyone’s taste, but here we go!..

For this track I teamed up with my radio co-host Barry Obzee, and we got the talented Sophie Foster to do the vocals for us. I suppose the style of track would be an old skool sounding chordy tech house tune but with some deep breakdowns and a melodic two-line vocal.

This is available NOW on German label ‘Tactical Records’ as a part of their ‘Ibiza Circo 2014’ release, alongside some other amazing producers. Have a listen and let me know your thoughts by either commenting below or messaging me! Thanks for your time in checking out our latest track, very much appreciated 🙂

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Barry Obzee – Cairo (Inc. Mike Newman Remix)

You may recall a few weeks back in a previous review, that you would be hearing a lot more from the name Barry Obzee, and I weren’t kidding!

This is a two-part release on Influential House consisting of an original version and a remix by Mike Newman. If you’ve heard tracks from Barry Obzee before then you’ll know his unique sounding old skool stab chords and his deep sub basslines. Starting off with the original, this is a perfect example of main room house music. He has married together some deep bass, stabby chords and a familiar horn pattern in an arrangement that breaks down and builds with a huge riser, into an almighty drop. This is a guaranteed dancefloor smasher!

Next up is the remix from well known Hungarian producer ‘Mike Newman’, this version couldn’t be more different! Mike has taken to a slightly more chilled approach to the track with a flowing warped bassline sat under some bouncy tech drums. The drums eventually filter down with the bassline, and the old skool chord pattern from the original comes in. After some more filtering, a long riser builds the track back up and drops back into the warpy b-line. This makes me want to dance!

Personally I’m torn between which version I prefer, they are both great. Grab your copy now!

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Barry Obzee – Gettin’ Funk

This is the first track in a huge line up of releases from Barry Obzee on a collection of top labels and after hearing this one, I think it will be safe to recommend bookmarking the name ‘Barry Obzee’ for future releases. Some might say I am slightly biased in my review of Barry’s music because he is in-fact a good friend and also my co-host on our weekly radio show on Select UK Radio (selectukradio.com), but I am so confident that my words will do nothing except point you in the direction of some awesome production and the music will in-fact speak for itself.

This track is called ‘Gettin Funk’ and is a part of the Rezonation Music Miami WMC Sampler 2014 along with 8 others. Firstly, upon clicking play on this Soundcloud sample you get hit with this great old skool sounding piano riff that filters out, then builds up and drops into a huge techy monster. A massive 3-note deep bassline takes over the show with some stabby chords and a great rappy style vocal over the top. Throughout the track different elements drop in and out and features some nice building breakdowns too. I have tried and tested this in the clubs and it ALWAYS goes off! Getting support from a few of the big players already, grab your copy now and keep an eye on this guy in the future. I promise you won’t be disappointed!

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