Foxxy
» Arcadia
Reviewed by Stu Cox
/ Submitted 13-08-08 16:53
Label: Freaky Deaky Records
Format: Digital
Genre: House, Electro, Trance, Tech Trance
Fernanda Silveira de Miranda (which shortens quite nicely to Foxxy when she's on stage) is a Brazilian DJ who moves in the same circles as the likes of Fabio Stein and DJ Jack, coming as they do from Sao Paulo. As far as I know this is her first release, which was seen doing the early promo rounds as a lone original nearly a year ago, but after a bit of tweaking and the addition of a whole host of remixes it's finally ready for the general public.
This package immediately grabbed my attention because of one name in particular on the remix roll call: Fred Numf. For those of you who don't know the name, Mr Numf is probably best known for "Universal Language" with its haunting vocal on Tiesto's Black Hole Recordings, but my personal favourite of his was a dark room monster called "Pylon" on the legendary Hook Recordings some five years ago. He also did a number of outstanding remixes, including Way Out West's "Mindcircus" and Tiesto's "Lethal Industry", so check them out if you haven't already.
But I'll come back to old Freddy, let's start at the start with Foxxy's original - a simple and relatively chilled electro-tinged affair with a mild splattering of famliar saw stabs. To its credit, it comes alive a lot more at high volume, but still didn't really stand out enough for me. There isn't really a lot more to say about it, which is probably the problem, but this release is about to get a rather large kick up the backside...
Those familiar with Mark Sherwood aka Persequor's work on labels like Diverted and Riot! will recognise his passion for tech-trance creeping through into his take on things here, but this is certainly more euphoric than we're used to hearing from the great Scotsman. It is, however, as driving as ever and shows a streak of panache in the arrangement, making it one of my favourite things Mark's done, but it's still got some fierce competition on this release alone!
Fred Numf's mix is certainly a contender. It's got a cheeky, very original bouncy feel, complete with interludes courtesy of the brass section - it's one of those tracks which could be squeezed into just about any set and that bounce is guaranteed to get people groovin' and shakin'. An excellent return to form for a hero of mine and I expect we'll see support for this one from every corner of the globe.
But the gold star goes to a man from the South West of England who goes by the name of AVE. My only previous encounter of this producer was his remix of Persequor's "Nombre", which to be perfectly honest I was far from impressed by - but believe me, I'd let someone off a murder charge for a remix as good as this! There's an echoey ambience throughout with sharp acidy synths and a chunky breakbeat cutting through it for most of the track, interspersed with short trancey interludes which really give it a unique flavour and loads of energy. It even turns the old paradigm upside down by dropping into a 4x4 section towards the end, which works surprisingly well. All in all, a pretty much perfectly crafted piece I'd be hard pushed to fault, so I won't - this mix gets a very rare 10/10 from me!
So 3 quality versions, each very different and with their own place, which between them easily make up for the one which (for me) didn't quite cut the mustard... it's rare to find this many tracks I'm this excited about on one label let alone one release, so a big thumbs up to Freaky Deaky - giving the release an 8/10 overall!
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