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Worthy - "Work the Walls" - Out Wednesday Feb.27th on Beatport
Worthy is back with his first full release of 2008. This is one is burner that has been burning up dance floors and getting praises from Djs and Producers around the world. Work The Walls is a quirky house track that builds off a heavy driving tom drum line with swelling synth sounds and congo drums. All the while with a vocal telling you too "Work The Walls".
Stepping up for the first remix is Magik Johnson who gives us his "Shake The Walls remix". It builds off the original congo line with a wall shaking bassline and one of the craziest breakdowns you will hear this year. On the other end is Katabatic’s Yankee Zulu who comes back at us with a superb remix to follow up his “Good For You” EP. Yankee Zulu takes it dark and crazy with huge swelling synth sounds and the biggest break of all of the remixes. It is sure to get the walls sweating at any club.
Support From:
Claude VonStroke, Chris Duckenfield, Yousef, Sebastien Leger, Sasse, Perc, James Talk, Laurent Garner, Justin Martin, Stacey Pullen, Onionz, DJ Heather, Luke Solomon, Mike Monday, 3 Channels, Roger Sanchez, Satoshi Tomiie, Tom Stephan, Rodamaal, Rob G (Om Records), Oscar G, President Bongo(Gus Gus), Rene Amesz, Mousse T, Timmy Stewart, Ewan Pearson, Justin Robertson, Anu Pillai (Free Form Five), Tom Wax(You FM Germany), DirtCrew, Konrad Black, Kiki, 16 Bit Lolitas, Wally Lopez, ALdrin(Zouk), Paulette – (FG Radio France), Raymundo Rodriguez – (Ministry Radio), Marcus James – (Renaissance), Adam K – (Producer Kiss 100)
Reactions:
Stacey Pullen – “Rocking mixes! Will play without a doubt! MJ mix is cool but the Yankee Zulu mix is crazy fresh!”
Break 3000 – (Dirtcrew) – “Love this stuff! Worthy’s original is best here… will play!”
Sebastien Leger – “Have a couple of Worthy in my bag already. Really like his groove, and Magik Johnson did a really good mix as well. 100% support.”
Perc – “Nice 'n' messy. Original is a great track. seems like that NYC tribal bump us starting to come back. Will get plays from me. Cheers.”
Sasse – (Mood Music) – “Not so into the original, love his other stuff though - wicked producer ! MJ remix is cool for big floors but Yankee Zulu reimx rocks the shit so hard i think i need to go to the toilet. excellent ! love this, will support and play and all that.”
James Talk – “Loving the original, its loony!”
Onionz – “The boy is HOT. Gotta love it! MJ represents. Dope EP.”
DJ Heather – “I like it. Thanx.”
Ewan Pearson – “What can i say - all the mixes are great - like the wildpitchiness of the yankee zulu mix very much.”
IDJ Review of Work The Walls
The second Katabatic this month comes from label leader Worthy and, like all his previous output, it's more than worth a look in (poor pun intended). Like the Yankee Zulu release, there's a strong UK twang to this rather nutty slab of San Fran silliness as the bass snarls its way around the twisted synth samples. Magik Johnson and Yankee Zulu both provide rubs - the latter taking the biscuit with his darker than usual stylings. Another strong single from the Katabatic crew - check it or check out.
Claude VonStroke Dropping the Yankee Zulu Remix of Work the Walls Yankee Zulu - "Good For You" - Out Jan.30th on Beatport
Our first release for 2008 is from our first newly signed producer, Yankee Zulu. Hailing from Belfast in Northern Ireland, Yankee Zulu, wowed us with his first group of demo songs he sent us. We had to pick them up immediately and put them.
The first and title song of the Ep, Good For You, is a jacking dub inspired track that builds on a crazy rising synth line with dirty stabs cutting threw and a wobbly hook that instantly grabs your attention. It builds into a sick break down with a vocal snipet belting out "Good For You" with an immense rise before dropping back into one of the funkiest drum lines we have heard.
The second song of the EP, Prang Out, is a darker and twisted track. It is builds up with a nasty synth line and filthy driving bass with fierce noises threw out. This morphs into a huge break with a siren sounding synth that gets the crowd going crazy. It then drops back into the driving bass and jacking groove before driving into a second break which rises and rises until it can't go anywhere but back into a dirty groove.
Stepping up for the remix of Good For You is Worthy who brings us his Bleeper Rise Remix. It is a deep groover that builds upon a new beepier synth line that combines with the rising synth of the original. It builds up with both sounds rising and intertwining with each other until dropping into a funky drum line and sick groove that is sure to make your body jack every time.
Support: Style Of Eye, Chris Duckenfield, Buckley, Scary Grant(OM,LoFi), DJ Jesse (Tribal Souls San Fran), Timmy Stewart, Mazi(Gourmet), Aden Mullens(Ministry of Sound Australia / Hussle Recordings), Arveene, Barry Weaver (San Diego), Jet Project (Darkroom Dubs), Klaus (Ordori Records), Sinister Industry (Made To Play), Rob G (Om Records)
IDJ Review of Good For You Ep.
Yankee Zulu is one half of previous iDJ covermount stars the Jet Project, and this, if I'm not mistaken, is the first Katabatic release that Worthy's given to someone other than himself - quite a compliment, really. There's a real trippy swagger to this bass-driven monster as it works itself into a sweaty climax with a ragga style vocal buried so deep in the mix it’s like treasure. Worthy applies a more minimal approach than usual on his remix - it's not quite as good as the original but works all the same. A surefire candidate for all bass monkeys.
Worthy Droppin "Good For You"
Worthy "Mummer EP" - OUT NOW Exclusively on Beatport.
click here to get the Mummer EP
Our Latest installment is an EP from Worthy called Mummer which follows up the success of his last release on Katabatic BassQuake. Mummer, the title song, is sleek and stripped back tech house with a driving congo line and a synth sound that swells up from beneath. It builds into a huge break with sounds twisting and building on top of each other until they drop into some absolute minimal madness with one of the craziest synth sounds your ears are likely to hear for awhile.
The second song on this release is Copious. Already finding its way into the bag of the like of Chris Duckenfield who has called Copious "massive" and licensed to the OM records winter sessions CD by Style of Eye. Copious is a dirty and twisted tech house track that has a driving funk line and big dirty bass with a huge drop in the middle that kills every dance floor.
Stepping up for the remix of Mummer is none other than Mike Monday who needs no introduction. Mike takes Mummer and twists it into a big pumping techno track with huge bass ready to destroy any sound system in the world. This is perfect for any late night and will have everyone wondering were there head is after they hear the way Mike puts the sounds together on this remix.
DJ's supporting Already: Chris Dukenfield, King Unique, Mazi, Yankee Zulu, Style of Eye, James Talk, Trophy Twins, Justin Martin, Christian Martin, Claude Von Stroke, Rob Mello, and Jon Gurd to name a few.
IDJ Review of Mummer Worthy
Mummer
Katabatic (US) KB06
Key Dirtybirder Worthy unleashes another bomb, and, as usual, it doesn’t disappoint. ‘Mummer’ can be dissected into three parts; the bumpy intro, a soaring synth build with Ame-style keys and a screechy growly pay-off. Each part works in perfect harmony and will ensure your undivided attention throughout. And if that’s not enough, Mike Monday’s provided a supreme shufflesome techno rub. Download this, it might be the coolest thing you do all year.
LN
5

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Member Since: 11/23/2005
Band Website: katabaticrecords.com
Band Members: Worthy, Yankee Zulu, Christian Martin, Magik Johnson, Mike Monday, Alland Byallo
Type of Label: Indie