Artist: D-Nox & Beckers
Title: One Shot
Label: Slikt Music
By: Devon Shaw | 20 September 2006
Tracklist:

• A: Original Mix
• B: Kosmas Epsilon Mix

D-Nox & Beckers "One Shot"

Greece has been a hotbed of progressive activity in the last couple years. Led by artists like Dousk, Chris Nemmo, B.I.G., Jose Zamora and Kosmas Epsilon, the mightily talented local scene has spawned a series of under-the-radar releases that caught the attention of Sasha, John Digweed, Nick Warren and Dave Seaman. Certainly the quality of music delivers in full, as does 'One Shot', a solid first step for Greece-based startup label Slikt Music.

The 'Original Mix' is delivered by up-and-coming German duo D-Nox & Beckers, who've made a name for themselves with recent remixes of for Can Costa on Proton and Quivver on Boz Boz. This track pounds along in a relentless, pulsating 4/4 beat, driven by obscure fly-bys of effects, growling bass and guitar riffs as a lead male vocal hook declares, "One shot, is all I need". Towards the end of the track a surprise modulated synth emerges to bring a dark floor banger into the light for the final remaining minutes, making a great transition for your choice of tune to follow.

Celebrated artist Kosmas Epsilon delivers a remix on the flip, delivering a similarly pounding intro with a smooth layer of jazzy synth stabs before a thunder rolls in and floods the track with enough bass to make your ears bleed. The vocal is teased and stuttered across the top of the track, the stabs pick back up and you're carried for a ride the entire way through. A moderate breakdown of sorts ensues halfway in, cutting out the bass just long enough to change gears before slamming back in again. A well-constructed groove, and sure to get positive feedback galore in clubs.

As a whole, 'One Shot' delivers in the tried and true safe turf, 4/4 progressive house with a bite that sells well. The release offers a fair bit of utility, since the two tracks are just different enough to offer a little variety based on the tone of a set. DJs will appreciate the quality of both tracks, and will use them accordingly. While 'One Shot' won't be winning any awards for groundbreaking style, it holds it's ground and effectively so.