Ska Meets Drum & Bass
Thanks to the awesome ska punk band @spawnband who reached out to me earlier this year and asked if I'd be up for putting a liquid drum & bass spin on their original called Skallegro, the remix is now officially released on Electronic Alliance Records and we very pleased to share it with you in full here:
The original track is split in to two sections with a gentle guitar melody, accompanied by soulful trumpets and a smooth bassline in the first half before the rocket boosters are thrust in to hyperdrive for the second half in true ska fashion! Here's what the band had to say on their website:
Iconic Dutch ska band Spawn has taken things to an entirely new level with this new collaboration with renowned UK Drum and Bass producer Nicky Havey. Nicky has brilliantly reimagined Spawn’s swaggering Spanish tinted ska hit Skallegro adding the heavy driving force of his DnB production to create an entirely new genre. Picture Madness and Joe Strummer stumbling through a time warp into Roni Size’s Brixton studio in the late nineties. Spawn’s two tone roots are flawlessly melded with the momentum of raw dynamic beats. Horns and lush atmospheric synth lines accent this innovative musical partnership and add new layers of depth to this fresh track. It’s a perfect summer soundtrack for packed sweaty festivals or a quarantined dance party for one.
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I have never tried remixing ska punk and turning it in to a drum & bass track before but I had to draw inspiration from artists like Visionary and Shy Fx who have expertly put their dnb skills to ska style tunes. It was a challenge but when Roel from SPAWN said they all liked it, that was the biggest satisfaction one can have when they remix an original.
We hope you enjoy the new music too!
Nicky
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Yeah! I like it, it has a lot of drive and power. I wouldn't say its totally new ground, but still.
Fascinating to see, how things have developed. I don't know if you heard that Millie Small died last month, she had the first Ska title in the British and US top 10 - in 1964!
I wonder what she would have said to your track
Only just made it over to hive. Good to see your still banging them out 💯🐒
Hey man! Welcome over to Hive, good to see you again! Hope it's all going well your side? Yeah still banging them out haha! Can't kill that beast off :)
Keep them coming 💯🐒
Thanks! Will do man! I need to do a recap post of all the releases this year now that I've managed to get my WordPress site sorted with Hive payment services and link them all in - love the development going on here!
Sounds like a plan bud! Looking forward to it. Yep sure seems positive on here 💯🐒
Thanks for the awesome remix Nicky! 😎
Thank you for asking me to remix it guys! Really pleased you all like it 😃
It's going to be first on my livestream in a couple of weeks time to lead in to the set!
There's a club I used to always go to in Glasgow called Melting Pot and this is exactly what I would expect to hear playing there. Nice work man!
Haha amazing thanks man - sounds like the Melting Pot was were all the cool cats hung out! Was it a bit of a ravers joint?
Yeah man, techno, disco funk kind of thing. It was the place for all of the cool cats and bright things that liked a good game through the night!
Ah man, reminiscing! 2021 needs to hurry up, I miss going to the raves and would love to go to few more festivals and "soak up the atmosphere" 😃
I do miss that soaking up of the atmosphere!! :0D
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Okay.. I'm a fan of Ska... definitely had to listen to this!
Haha hope you liked it mate! You may want to check out @spawnband as well - ska punk is their specialty!
How is your music going now?
Thanks I will have a look. Music... well, August is the earliest date at the moment for concerts... and then we will have to see if there is a second wave of Corona...
Thankfully, our finances were decent going into this... so the income loss is painful but not disasterous!
Well I'll keep my fingers crossed about the second wave not coming to fruition and glad to hear that you at least have been smart with your finances to avoid complete disaster - fingers crossed that all these crypto investments come to something this year too hey!
It's taken me a while to get here. I do really like this!!! Well done!
Thanks a lot Fiona! It's also taken me a while to get back to you so I'm really glad you liked it!
No rush! Not going anywhere...
Oh really?