
Timmy Stewart is the long term resident at The Night Institute in Belfast, which recently celebrated 11 years of service to the dancers of that great city. It now lends its name to the latest production project of Timmy, along with TNI partner, Jordan Nocturne. Timmy’s musical background has combined his own production work (as Black Bones and T-Bone amongst others) with helming multiple residencies to name a few of his musical endeavours. This is a busy man. Jordan meanwhile has more than earned his DJ spurs, and knows a thing or two about how to melt a dancefloor. Needless to say, given that background, a downtempo slow burner or trippy jazz infused odyssey was unlikely to be on the cards with this first TNI drop.
‘Dun Dun Heyabi’ comes in four flavours, original of course, but then three alternatives, all giving exposure to the cream of Ireland’s production community who put their unique spin on the track. In its unremixed form, ‘Dun Dun Heyabi’ kicks into life with a pounding kick that has layers of cowbell and surging hi hats, before a distinctly Middle Eastern flavoured vocal shows up to take it to another level. All in all it’s a bit of a monster that would certainly provide a ‘what the..’ moment when it drops. Assumption here is this has been roadtested to destruction.
Marcus Lambkin, aka Shit Robot, has put out music on DFA for 20ish years. With numerous singles and albums under his belt. His sound is pretty unmistakeable and he lays it on as thick as you'd want. Squelchy effects and a slightly more reigned in beat, takes the track in a more dark and dirty direction. L.A. Dysto might be a bit less known than the other folks putting their stamp on ‘Dun Dun’, but he does the track complete justice. Kicking on from his recent ‘Peace, Love and Ecstasy’ release on Sprechen he channels some peak time chug and throb on the Bells Remix.
Last but by no means least, another busy man, the highly prolific Viper Patrol rounds out proceedings, this time taking an altogether more angular but acidic approach to his mix. Breaking the beats into more of a steppers rhythm he’s kept the vocal snatches intact for a little added flavour and contrast. It’s a real trip and highly satisfying conclusion. A banger done four ways.
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