TIME TO TANGO!

I thought I’d share with you a couple of jams from someones who’s always continually impressed me with each new release…Mr. Todd (Tango) Terje. Infusing latin-jazz-bossa-disco beats together has always come easy for this Norwegian born producer. You can find a stack load of edit’s under his ‘Tangoterje’ moniker including re-works of Michael ‘Jacko’ Jackson, Chic, The Bee Gee’s, Kraftwerk’s ‘Home Computer’ and even The Knight Rider Theme.

Below is an older edit under his ‘Tango’ alias of Paul Simon’s ‘Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes’, simply titled ‘Diamond Dub’. It’s a 7 minute exploration through the African savanna accompanied by loads of percussion and plenty of echo’d vocal samples from the original track with a killer bass line.
The Simon Baker edit of ‘Plastik’ was something that Todd started for fun and then realised it’s potential and released it on the Playhouse label, complete with rolling bassline and simple cosmic treatments.

One of his most recent productions is a remix under his usual guise of the terrific Jose Gonzales track ‘Killing for Love’. The original is so powerful and strong it’s hard to imagine it being improved upon but somehow Terje has done so. He created some catchy guitar samples and threw them under an amazing bass riff that screams to me Fleetwood Mac ‘Tusk’ (does anyone else hear that too?).

MP3: Paul Simon – Diamonds Dub (Tangoterje Edit)

MP3: Simon Baker – Plastik (Todd Terje Türkatech Mix)

MP3: Jose Gonzalez – Killing For Love (Todd Terje Brokeback Remix)

The last track is something I stumbled across the other day, it’s a progressive chaotic beast with a great drum beat and synth work all fighting for somebodies attention. Although an odd intro, you must wait at least 40 seconds for the fury to begin….

MP3: Holy Fuck – Safari