Producer Mikey V returns to Apollo Music Group with a vengeance, following the Mixmag UK feature and rave reviews of his last collaboration single “Revolution” with Chicago’s The Outfit.
Mikey Velazquez is a DJ, Producer & Vocalist from Los Angeles, California who has been a staple on the West Coast underground house scene since 2006. Best known for throwing the infamous HAWT parties, 2013 finds him focused on production with releases on labels such as Classic Music Company, Cajual Records & Dufflebag Recordings.
Premiering “The Jones” today, Mikey V provides that Chicago House bump that Apollo is becoming widely known for. The EP package is completed by a set of fantastic and unique remixes by the one and only JT Donaldson. The EP comes out on August 3rd and is available for pre-order via Beatport.
Wasting no time, the original mix kicks off hard, with a crisp shuffled beat, quite reminiscent of the programming heard by Brett Johnson. Mikey adds the low end and quickly gets moving on the mic; “Pick your poison, pick your vice, gotta have it all the time” is the rhyme heard in 4/4 time on this cut. With heavy delays, space echoes, all the right pans and dark analog key stabs, this track hits in all the right places. One might also assume that we all have our vices, making this an easy theme to assimilate with.
Moving on to the remix tip, we have the infamous Texas ninja, JT Donaldson. JT has been taking fools to school in the studio since his early work with Spencer Kincy in 1996. Over the years, he’s also produced alongside Chris Nazuka, Lance DeSardi and Chris Penny to name a few. JT’s work has been featured on countless timeless labels of our time including Cajual, Vista, LowDown, Aesoteric, OM, Freerange and many more.
JT flexes his Chicago swag on his “Acid Version” of The Jones and turns up the low end quite a bit. This mix features a warped out 303 pattern that is constantly en flux under several different pads that bring you back to the feeling of the famous loft parties on Milwaukee Ave in Chicago (yea, we went there). It’s a beautifully crafted mix that travels around the vox and is balanced perfectly with a bouncy analog bass that sits ever so naturally over the kick.
Rounding out the release, JT does what he does best and provides a version that is just beats and voice with his “Percapella Dub”. It’s probably a fair reminder that if anyone’s records have gotten rinsed into “warp status” over the years, JT has had several of them and this mix isn’t sitting second chair to anyone.
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