Guy Gerber "Electric Mistress"

Guy Gerber has amassed quite a discography so far, in what has proved to be a prolific dj´ing and production career. He´s been half of the ´2 Guys´ (along with Guy Baranes) in the past, earlier in 2003 he gave us ´You Can Have Him (The Other Woman)´/´The Lost DJ´ and he´s teamed up with Sahar Z for ´Kenny´s Back´, both on the well established Whoop! label. However, ´Electric Mistress´ emerges on Desyn Masiello´s Alternative Route, and has already been highly praised by such high profile DJs as Danny Howells, amongst others.

Definitely a tale of two halves, the Rainbow Mix of ´Electric Mistress´ has a bouncy 4/4 beat, plenty of percussion and then an old skool style male vocodered voice. Certainly a strange beast, the track offers a hypnotic deep feel with its relentless bassline, but also a light, fun, tongue-in-cheek and distinctly electro-disco vibe. Halfway through emerges a series of melodic synth chimes..almost sounding quite flute-like. The track even manages to throw in a small break towards the end of the track for good measure. In a word, fun.

Stabbing key notes kick the Free Drinks Mix off and lead into a slightly tougher, chunkier and driving reworking of ´Electric Mistress´, one that again offers a mish-mash of electro and disco flavours. Once more the bassline is a key element of the track, which later in the track cleverly joined by a more subtle bassline and a few electro-break kicks on the breakdown. Overall the Free Drinks Mix offers more in the way of percussion and is perhaps is a little deeper.

Both mixes could certainly be found playing quite comfortably in many different types of club, be them orientated towards electro, house or disco. ´Electric Mistress´ is one of those tracks that covers a multitude of musical genres, without even batting an eyelid. It achieves it in such a smooth and subtle way that those who pigeon-hole music could have a real job on their hands pinning this one down. Alternative Route can proudly add ´Electric Mistress´ to their catalogue of diverse releases.