Monkey Safari has been a leading group in the melodic house space for some time, remixing massive artists such as Booka Shade and Lee Burridge and landing original releases on labels such as Get Physical and Anjunadeep.
Their steady string of successes continues to find new additions as the duo remixes none other than house music’s favorite masked vigilante; Claptone, and his upcoming single slated for release on Beatport this Friday, April 29th.
The release itself features a far more groovy and energetic flavor of sounds than is typically seen from Monkey Safari. The softer and evocative melodies are replaced with bright, swinging hi-hats and a repetitious bass line that packs an atom bomb’s amount of energy into only a few notes.
Read Out Exclusive Interview With Clapton Here
The vocals of Claptone’s upcoming single are spliced and cut over the top of the pounding rhythms, accenting the groove and creating much needed contrast against the beats. But despite the hard change up in the vibe of the production, Monkey Safari’s tasteful fluidity still remains present as light filters and volume adjustments keeps the general push and pull of tension flowy and natural throughout the track.
The duo’s remix will be available on Beatport this Friday, April 29th and Spotify May 6th.
But for those who can’t wait to peep more work off this coming release, note that James Hype’s remix will be hitting Spotify this Friday – The remaining remixes; including others by Murmur Tooth and Lars Moston, will also be released the following Friday, May 6th, when the entire remix package hits all major DSPs.
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Looking for more Monkey Safari Tunes? Check out last year’s Anjunadeep mix
Will Vance is a professional music producer who has been involved in the industry for the better part of a decade and has been the managing editor at Magnetic Magazine since mid-2022. In that time period, he has published thousands of articles on music production, industry think pieces and educational articles about the music industry. Over the last decade as a professional music producer, Will Vance has also ran multiple successful and highly respected record labels in the industry, including Where The Heart Is Records as well as having launched a new label with a focus on community through Magnetic Magazine. When not running these labels or producing his own music, Vance is likely writing for other top industry sites like Waves or the Hyperbits Masterclass or working on his upcoming book on mindfulness in music production. On the rare chance he's not thinking about music production, he's probably running a game of Dungeons and Dragons with his friends which he has been the dungeon master for for many years.
