A top-quality pair of house tracks from an on-form Bushwacka here, coming in streaming/radio-friendly and extended mix versions. Lead track “I Want You” is all tight little synth stabs, with skippy, thuddy drums, a porky one-note bassline and a little male vocal sample covered in FX. Some added congas and snare rolls and it all adds up to an updated take on those ’90s NY house dub mixes you find tucked away on the b-side that always ended up delivering.

I think it’s “What You Want” that is my favourite track on this EP though. I’ve mentioned a certain type of bassline on these pages before, the type of bassline that I’m sure when the producer hit upon it in the studio they must have been just so pleased. The kind of bassline that, just like any other house bassline, is made up of a little handful of notes that loop over two bars, but unlike most other house basslines, the rhythm, the syncopation, the timbre, the little gaps between the notes, and that one note that’s ever so slightly unexpected and catches you every time, all somehow coalesces into a perfectly executed head nodding house b-line so good that it makes the tune.

There’s a comedy show in the UK called Peep Show, and at some point in season one, a character in an electronic music duo writes a bassline so good that he apparently couldn’t turn it off. This is one of those.

⚪️ What You Want Tracklisting

Bushwacka: What You Want / I Dream Of You (DFTD / Digital)
1. What You Want (Extended Mix) (06:02)
2. I Dream Of You (Extended Mix) (06:33)

⚪️ Disclosure Statement

This record was not submitted as a promo.

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