Danny Howells "Right Off"

With ´September´ having garnered the attention of many DJs and music fans alike, spearheading the launch of Danny Howells´ Dig Deeper imprint, Danny moves forward with the next release ´Right Off´. Already a firm favourite amongst many thanks to its inclusion on his Renaissance Mix Collection, the track highlights a musical policy that is as diverse as the heralded club nights of the same name, further evidenced by Danny´s commissioning of Faze Action to provide a superb reinterpretation.

The original version sees Danny draw in elements of house and disco and infuse them into a shimmering, percussive led arrangement. Through the use of subtle beats, a clever fluctuating series of key changes and a tight underlying groove, Howells creates a subliminal peak minded house piece, with the added piano stabs and sax effects that rise through the latter half of the track only serving to cement it´s credentials further.

UK house legends Faze Action strip back the original´s main elements, opting for a more organic, live improvisation. The percussive elements are tweaked and refined and injected with a good dose of funk, with some innovative drum arrangements and linear melodic keys bringing everything together to form an excellent remix, with a solid house groove forming its nucleus.

´Right Off´ champions all that is great about the Dig Deeper imprint, its musical policy not only per release but per track being a melting copper pot of sounds that traverse the spectrum of genres that exist. It´s an ethos that has served Danny Howells well in years past and one that has seemingly transferred across seamlessly to this new project of his.