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South Central – Day I Die
Released March 14th on Egregore Records

Day I Die
Day I Die (The Prodigy Rework)
Day I Die (The Rhythm Masters Remix)
Day I Die (The Qemists Remix)
Day I Die (The Toxic Avenger Remix)
Day I Die (Baxen Remix)

This is a followup to my post about the release of “Day I Die” from eclectic electro rockers South Central – I’ve now had a chance to listen to the remixes that are available.

First up is a reworking from The Prodigy. The vocals remain whilst the backing track is mixed up, but to be honest not much to offer that the original doesn’t already.

Old Skool ravers, The Rhythm Masters, take the track in completely the other direction from the original. Gone are the grunge and grimey beats, instead a house soundtrack. The Toxic Avenger mix keeps some of the original dirty beats and interlaces it with house chords (a sort of half way house between the RM mix and the original) and Baxen’s remix replaces the grunge with beeps and tweaks, sort of Benny Bennasi style and this is one of the better versions of the track.

But, I’ve left the best to last. The Qemists don’t disappoint with their remix of the track. It’s a dubstep-ish monster – I say ish, because don’t expect full on dubstep vibe as they’ve kept their remix true to the original. But it’s just what this track needed – up’d tempo, grindy beats and a dubstep feel – in fact this could easily be mistaken for a Chase&Status track where they’ve mixed drum and bass with dubstep beats.

For the Qemists version alone you need this CD in your life, and if you like the South Central sound then look out for their album in April.

The Brighton duo, South Central, have an interesting sound. Whilst they may have produced some interesting remixes for the likes of Prodigy, Crystal Method and Toxic Avenger their own sound is a little rocky, electro and poppy in places.

Their latest track “Day I Die” is out on March 14th on Egregore Records and features remixes from The Prodigy, Qemists, The Toxic Avenger, Rhythm Masters and Baxen – so even their remixers are as eclectic as perhaps their music is. For me the original is a little too indie-rock sounding for my liking, but with the remix package I’m sure there’s something there for everyone.

There’s also a rather grim video which comes with a “health” warning by YouTube for it’s violent/adult nature. If you don’t like this kind of thing, then you probably won’t want to press play on the video below… if you like your music hard with dirty grungy beats and thrashing chords, then at least give it a listen.