JBM003 || Simon Firth - Stress Test (Incl Rikesto & MËka Remixes)

Leeds (UK) based Simon Firth graces Juicebox Music's third release with a single called "Stress Test". Holding a strong number of quality productions on respected labels under his belt, his skill lies in his ability to produce a wide spectrum of styles, all with equal strength. A foundation of a strong groove with complimenting harmonic elements is a staple style, and this has garnered him immense support from the industry's key players. With "Stress Test", Simon has delivered us a keeper! Simple yet effective with glassy chord stabs, robotic vocal phrases, arpeggiated melodies sitting on top of a warm groove made by a combination of a rolling & drone bassline. To support the original, we bring in 2 remixes with different visions. We first called upon Rikesto, one of Colombia's finest musical export. An ear for tougher grooves but still retaining the musicality is Rikesto's key, and he's definitely turned it in the right direction with his melodic techno driven remix of "Stress Test" - a heavy rumbling low-end sprinkled with spacey leads, arpeggiated melodies and a hint of the vocals. In true Juicebox fashion, we seeked out a more unique sounding artist to add to the release and found Marseille (France) based - MËKa. His eclectic 'true-to-himself' style cannot be placed into one particular genre as you can hear with MËKa's interpretation. He encapsulates the original essence but with a whole new outlook by providing tough drums, clever audio edits all built in an unorthodox structure. Press Content by: SQP.me Selected Early Feedback: Hernan Cattaneo (Sudbeat/Renaissance): very good Mitch Alexander (microCastle): This is one of Simon's best productions that i've heard, really groovy and full of great musical moments. Both remixes deliver great melodic techno vibes as well. Top notch package, nice work Praveen, you're building a great label with Juicebox. :) Cid Inc (Replug/Sudbeat/microCastle): Great pack, Rikesto's remix is my fav. Luke Porter (Temporium/Lowbit): Original and Rikesto mixes - very good Nick Muir (Bedrock): Really like the original Sonic Union (Lowbit/Anjunadeep): Another great release from JBM! Rikesto remix really works for me but original and meka remix also very strong! Darin Epsilon (Perspectives Digital): Rikesto remix works best for my sets. Like his signature driving style of progressive. Guy Mantzur (Sudbeat/Flow): Great ep , thanks , supporting ;-) MUUI (Lowbit/Outside The Box): another quality release!!! all mixes are great - will play the Meka mix! Also supported by: Ioan Gamboa, Marcelo Vasami, Lonya, Verve, Gai Barone, Yoram, Marc Pole, Sasha Le Monnier, Makostorung, D-phrag, Khen, Faskil, dPen, Vipul, Mike Griego, Dale Middleton, Erdi Irmak, Tanseer, Soulwerk, Silinder, Vinayak^A, Nick Varon, Vlada D'Shake, OMD, Issac, Luis Bondio, Tim Benjamin, Kaan Koray, James Warren, Ezequiel Marrotte, Julian Marazuela, AMAN, Neel V, Li-Polymer, Leon Raes, Kosmas Epsilon, Kobana & more. -------------------------------- Follow Juicebox Music on: Facebook: https://facebook.com/juiceboxmusic.in Twitter: https://twitter.com/juiceboxmusicin Instagram: http://instagram.com/juiceboxmusic.in/ YouTube: http://youtube.com/juiceboxmusicin