James Trystan & Ryan Stavrou – Vibrations

This is something I’ve been meaning to review for a while, something fresh by James Trystan & Ryan Stavrou out on Great Stuff Recordings. This release comes in 3 parts; an original mix, a dub mix and a remix by Mario Ochoa. Let’s start from the beginning and check out the original mix. Some really nice laid-back deep drums with an addictive organ chord pattern sitting nicely on top, then comes the breakdown. This tune has a nice male vocal over the organs, an almighty sub-bass sitting under the chords, and a lovely side-chained string sound cutting in and out throughout. Absolute tune! Next up, we’ll check out the Mario Ochoa remix. Now, Mario Ochoa is no stranger to this website as I have reviewed a few of his past releases. His remix kicks off with some skippy 909 drums, a single chord stab and then his signature deep ‘speed garage’ sounding bassline which he has incorporated into a lot of his tracks lately. Eventually this version kicks in to a nice big techy stomper with the original vocal chopped up and used as a stab and a short part of the original chord riff, I thinkit’s safe to say I really like this version too! The dub mix is exactly as it says and is the original version just without vocals, it has just as much of an impact without them so I’ll give it a big thumbs up! Yet another quality release from Great Stuff. Available now, so buy it!

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Mario Ochoa – Like This

Big & techy! Something out on Sphera Records by Mario Ochoa. I’ve reviewed a few of Mario’s tracks in the past and they are all quality. This is his latest release and there are a few samples in their that you should recognise such as the ‘Whoa….Yeah’ from the old classic ‘It Takes Two’. The bassline is also familiar, and will be to most old skool UK Garage heads as it’s the same riff on Double 99’s ‘RipGroove’. Mario has done a great job with this one, love it!

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Mario Ochoa – Trolls EP

Nice two part EP released on Bitten Recordings. The first tune is the title track called ‘Trolls’ and is a nice bouncy tech house track with some nice filtered breakdown and layering. Quite a chilled tune for Mario Ochoa methinks but I love it. The second track is a main room banger, nice stabby synths and complex drum pattern. I love this tune and will definitely be playing it out. Hear that drop…BIG!

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Mario Ochoa & DJ PP – Gotcha / Move!

New out on Great Stuff Records, a great EP by DJ PP (Gabriel Rocha) and Mario Ochoa. The first track is a banging tech house track called ‘Gotcha’, it has a nice infectious bassline with some great breakdowns and build ups. Lovely! The second track is ‘Move!’ and this is a nice techno track with a few blippy synths and a brilliant hi-hat pattern. Lots of builds, filters and big bass. One for the gig bag! Happy Days!

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Mario Ochoa – It’s About To Go Down

There’s so many names in the tech house scene that are just doing it right now and standing out in that list is Mario Ochoa. I have recently blogged about his ‘Runaway’ track that came out on Avenue Recordings. This is something new coming out on Suara and it’s nothing short of spectacular! BIG old skool speed garage sounding bassline giving it a real dark element but some real choppy vocal over the top giving it a real tech house bounce. Can’t wait for the release!

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