Christian Cambas "Coded Love"

It seems that the Greek movement is very much underway these days within the dance scene. You only have to take a look at the amount of new producers to see this. The last few months have seen Kosmas Epsilon, Nikola Gala and the duo of Stel & Good Newz leave their mark, and another would be Christian Cambas. Upon making his debut on Bedrock with the massive ´It Scares Me´, Christian was sprung from a relative unknown into an artist on one of the world´s biggest underground label. Since then he´s taken it in his stride, with a release on Heavy Rotation recently, which is followed by this new single ´Coded Love´ for Intrinsic Records.

Sticking to the big driving template that´s served him well to date, Cambas delivers a great ´Original Mix´, massive bass and atmosphere dominating this track as it grooves along steadily. Deep percussive rhythms rise up through the layered effects and pads, giving the track great depth and a spacious feel, but also providing a solid hook on which the main vocal rides, adding an interesting twist to this rocking track.

Taking things in a slightly different direction ´Nathan Coles´ turning in a stomping tech edged remix, stripping the track right back to its rolling groove and throwing some minimal sounds and effects into the equation, creating a smooth yet glitchy electronic house mix that the tech house and electro fraternity will be all over.

In retrospect, what we have here is a fair offering from Christian Cambas, that like his previous release on Heavy Rotation fails to achieve the things that ´It Scares Me´ did. Nevertheless, this is by no means a bad release, but just lacks that ingredient that makes nearly every release on this label so essential.