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Dan Welton - "Higher Love (+ Ross Couch Remixes) (Dorigen)
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DJ
Magazine - Review by Pete Gooding:
"There
are three mixes features here, so first up is the Original mix,
which is a dark, moody percussive slice of standard progressive
house. Not bad but nothing memorable to be honest - it could
make a good enough set filler though. On Side B, however ,it's
a different story with the Ross Couch House Remix, which is
the coolest deep house track I've heard for ages. It starts
with lively percussive beats, soulful, housey chords and a cool,
warm bassline. As it develops, a great little electronic sequence
takes over adding a classic sound. This is a beautiful track
and sort of reminds me of the vibe of old Don Carlos productions.
Then the Ross Couch Bass Remix is the final mix, a deeper, dirtier
more heads down mix - not bad and beats the Original mix if
you want something a little tougher" 4/5
DJ
Magazine
-Review by Dan Irwin:
"The
original of this is an okay chuggy, proggy, tribal tune from
Swiss producer Dan Welton but it's Scotland's Ross Couch who
comes up with the techy goods here. Couch's 'Bass remix' lifts
vocal samplse from the original and layers them over driving
beats, dirty acidic bass and twisted keyboard riffs for a tough-but-groovy
tech funker. Proper heads-down gear that still manages to work
some decent melodies into the mix, this is good stuff from the
Scotsman. Also included is a more housey Couch interpretation,
which combines techy beats with dreamy piano."
3/5
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Magazine:
"Swiss
producer Dan Welton makes his debut with a bassy space-chugger
that aims to make the big room splash and pulls one off. It's
that girl going 'I love you' from the early 90s, injecting some
Orby feel with the 'Pulsating Brain' bass line and using a familiar
conga pattern. The record's desirability is further enhanced
courtesy of a Ross Couch remix. His House outing is tough with
jazzy piano, sexy pads and twinkling Mayday-style stabs. His
Bass Remix strips down, straps on a new bass-line and takes
the heads-down early hours approach. These categories can be
so difficult sometimes - this is good house music but its accessories
lend the 'Prog' tag." 4 / 5 Kris Needs
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IDJ
Magazine : Review by Jez Torrance - 4/5
‘Not
too fussed about the proggy slickness of Welton’s original,
so instead it’s best to stock with the couple of rerubs
from Ross Couch. More house depth, more sweet chords and more
shuffle on the House remix. More bleeps, more urgency and more
for the proper tech floors on the Bass remix.’
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www.djsinabox.com:
"Dan
Welton is a new name to me, and he can be found releasing his
track “Higher Love” on Dorigen Music. Dorigen is
one of the more established progressive labels, and this release
keeps the vibe going nicely. The original is solid enough, but
for me the “Ross Couch House Remix” is the one of
the two Couch mixes on the “B” side to go for. Mr
Couch uses the foundations of the original whilst coupling it
with his own trademark production to give us a very useful DJ
tool." 7.5/10
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Colin
Dale: ‘I like this…. Fave mix was A1 –
big things due from Dan I think’
Satoshi
Tomiie: ‘‘Really like the Ross Couch bass
mix’
Laurent
Garnier: ‘I like both tracks on the B Side will
play the out’
Dave
Mothersole: ‘Really like the original mix, Ross’s
mixes are good too’
Tyler
Stadius: ‘Original has the big proggy sound that
so many are digging while the flip Ross cleans & smooths
it out for the house heads. Quality package’
Anthony
Pappa: ‘I like the original mix and the Ross
Couch House mix – cool tune’
Chris
Fortier: ‘Ross Couch mixes for me! Ross is making
great soulful music – liking the House mix!’
Layo ‘Like it!’
Layo : ‘Like it’
Tony
Thomas : ‘Love it, charted.’
Pete
Gooding : ‘Very very good track, will review
for DJ Magazine’
Murray
Richardson (Rebel Waltz, Barcelona) ‘Wicked release
again from Dorigen & Ross Couch as ever does the damage
here!’
Gordon
Kaye : ‘Ross Couch is the man! And he funks it
up on his house mix, its deep and melodic and works a treat
on my floors’
Pako
& Frederik : ‘All tracks rock! – although
my fave is the first remix by Ross Couch. That synth line is
AWESOME!’
DJ
Linus (Exun Recordings) : ‘Played it all weekend
– great responses! I like it’
Jon
Sinclair & Matt Rickard (Standby/Ministry Radio/M8)
: ‘Awesome Ross Couch mixes – perfect for early
evenings / backroom sounds’
The
Beginerz (Ewen McNeil) : ‘Really like the Ross
Couch Bass Mix’ 8/10
Paul
Hillyer (Power / Southern FM) : ‘Ross's Bass
remix working for me last Sat’ 7/10
Derek
Taylor (M8) : ‘Don't really know about the original?!
a bit drawn out but Ross Couch!?? Oh mamma!! outsanding remixes
with the Bass Remix being the oustanding one!! Ross Couch for
top of the pops!?!’ 9/10
Kev
Bazell (US) : ‘Excellent Chunky original mix,
definitely up my street’
DJ
19 (Japan) : ‘Awesome! ROSS COUCH did his best
remix work. Can't get the melody out of my head’
Hellpass
: ‘Blimey! This is a bit of a Tenaglia pleaser on the
original version! Great job by a new producer too, really tight.
My fave mix would have to be the Ross Couch House Remix though:
Its nicely crafted, and strikes a fine balance between being
deep an melodic. Is this going to be the blueprint for future
Dorigen releases? If so, its certainly a great sound, equally
at home in clubs or one of the cooler bars!
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