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Its Had A Remix Mate !

After the success of the Ltd edition Ape 001 12" featuring Will White and Ben & Lex its time for a remix. We are very excited to announce remixes from two of the scenes hottest new talents, Plaza De Funk and Groove Diggerz.

Will White receives the remix treatment from Breakspoll winning act (Breakthrough Producer) and the heads of the Breakspoll nominated label Brekin Even... ‘Groovediggerz’. The awesome ‘Diggerz give the party rockin ‘Wait a Minute’ a much deeper twist with Rhodes stabs and bubblin bass for the musical heads.

For the flip Ben & Lex get the re-rub from Italian stallion Plaza De Funk who takes the dark heads down bizz of ‘Get On It’ and injects it with a heavy heavy dose of the funk. Following the success of his new single on West & remixes for Westway and Functional, Plaza yet again gives us a dancefloor smasher!

Sound Clips
Ben & Lex - "Get On It" (Plaza De Funk remix)
Will White - "Wait A Minute" (Groove Diggerz remix)

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Another Ape Review

Blimey the reviews are coming in thick and fast today. Heres on from Estation.Ru over in Russia.

Will White / Ben Lex - Wait A Minute / Get On It Remixes [APEM006]

После успеха первого винилового релиза Ape Records - Will White, написанного совместно с Ben & Lex - настало время и для не уступаюшего оригиналу ремикса. Оцениваемая нами пластинка представляет собой творения двух молодых, но уже зарекомендовавших себя команд - Plaza De Funk и Groove Diggerz.

На трек Will White - "Wait A Minute" remix был сделан победителями Breakspoll 2007 в номинации "Продюссер-прорыв года" - Groove Diggerz. Под их чутким руководством он приобрел более прогрессивное звучание и теперь требуется время для того, чтобы понять концепцию произведения. Рекомендуется для повторного прослушивания с целью вникания.

Оригинальному треку "Get on it" от Ben & Lex присуще серьезное звучание и более глубокий басовый фон. В ремиксе же итальянца Plaza De Funk (Marcello De Angelis) - на лицо обилие фанка, которое автоматически дает треку новую жизнь. В общем, обработка сделала трек более позитивным, танцевальным и легким для восприятия, хотя не обошлось и без упущений - погнавшись за настроениями, создатели обошли вниманием ударные, которые стали звучать менее живо, насыщенно и отчасти потеряли свою прелесть по сравнению с оригиналом.

В целом же можем констатировать, что после успеха собственного сингла "Marcello", выпущенного на West и его ремикс лейблов Westway и Functional, Plaza De Funk вновь радует нас новым dance-floor smasher!

Авторы рецензии: Mars и Dива

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Not having a clue about the Russian language I can only presume its a good review, hopefully. If someone can do a decent translation it would be much appreciated.

Benny

Ape Review

Our fine friends at Wicked Style over in Italy have reviewed the new APE Music single, which is due out on Monday.

Ben & Lex/Will White - Get On It/Wait A Minute [Remixes]

Ancora due produzioni bollenti licenziate dalla Ape Music: lato A affidato ai boss di casa, Ben & Lex, con 'Get On It' remixato dal nostro Plaza De Funk, lato B lasciato invece ai trattamenti di Will White con 'Wait A Minute' rivisitato dai Groove Diggerz. Bongolato l'inizio del primo ma scansioni subito toste e refrain svisato. Plaza si supera e l'atmosfera decolla, davvero un ottimo lavoro. Anche Rob Savage e Reuben Pearce non sono da meno infondendo la giusta energia ed il personalissimo stile che li ha portati a vincere al Breakspoll 2007 il titolo di Breakthru Producer.

Aurelio Cianciotta

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Benny

APEM006 Review

Yay our new single on APE is getting some very good reviews. Not only has it been in DJ Mag, but its just been reviewed on the Nuskool Breaks website.

Ben & Lex - Get On It (Plaza De Funk Remix) / Will White - Wait a Minute (Groove Diggerz Remix) (Ape Recordings)

Blam.

Ben & Lex - Get on It (Plaza De Funk Remix)

Let me preface this by saying that I really like both Ben & Lex, and Plaza De Funk's stuff, even if I don't generally play it (Ben & Lex are sometimes too hard, and Plaza is sometimes too funky).

This tune has now changed that.

Awesome tribal goodness opens up into a chunky beat for a spell. The first build is the part that makes my cock hard the most tho. It consists of a fierce little acid line, funky wah-wah guitars, and this little emergency broadcast signal-esque tone that flows through the tune. When the beat kicks back in, it is like oldskool warehouse funky breaks city. Little rave blips follow this up, being littered and delayed across the main body, into this fuckin evil bassline that I cannot WAIT to play on a big system that dominates the tune until the big break, when you are left with the electro blips for a few bars until everything kicks back in with the acid and wah-wah guitars with a big fat ass explosion. there are so many different contrasts in this tune, but he makes it all seem like it was meant to be. This would have to be my favorite work of Marcello's to date, and something I cannot WAIT to play out.

For fans of: Plump DJs, Soul Of Man, Myagi.


Will White - Wait a Minute (Groove Diggerz Mix)

I don't believe this is the Groove Diggerz. They are like how I referenced Ben & Lex and plaza earlier. I really like their stuff, it just generally doesn't fit in with what I play. This tune tho, will get more play than Tall Paul's cock in 1997. This tune is just one big badass really versatile monster. Minimal break opens it up for a short time (I do wish this was longer), into some quick tribal drums for a second before dropping this bassline and beat combination that completely took me off guard. The shit just throbs and pounds. The addition of some lazer sounds and the same fuckin sample used from Lock and Load's 'Blow Ya Mind' (this totally sells it for me btw. Even I loved that tune ages ago, and I'm totally geeking out listening to this for it) build the tune further. The main chunk is I think is done really well with this bassline that totally contrasts the chill vibe the rest of the tune is putting off. The big break is like early progressive house (think the Golden Girls 'Kinetic') sounding, and then turns into this distorted guitars, and then drops back in early with a healthy dose of fuckin acid, and this evil fuckin bassline. This tune straight fucking rocks it fierce out for a few bars, and goes back into the chill, but pumpin vibe till the end.

For fans of: Kickflip, Brothers Bud, Klaus Hill.

Acid in both tunes. sold!

Great release gents. Double a sider for sures.

Awesome.

Release date for the single will be in a couple of week, just waiting for Lex to confirm this one.

Benny