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Release Date: October 30th, 2008
Reviewed: 4.5/5
User Rating: 3.7/5
Just a few months ago, just about every major club in the world was feeling the wrath of a soulful little melodic techno tune, called "Quit Debugging," which seemingly came out of nowhere. Quit Debugging was the product of a young up-and-comer from Dublin, Ireland, by the name of Djamel. Now bouncing off the success of his summer hit, Djamel makes his debut on Monad Music, bringing us "Manipulate the Data." With Manipulate the Data, Djamel undoubtedly shows that he will not be fading from the spotlight any time soon. This is a serious piece of tech house, armed with peak-hour synth hits, a rugged, pulsating bassline, and enchanting melodies. Once the bells start chiming on top of the already grooving rhythm, this one earns an automatic spot in the box. But just when you think Manipulate has manipulated all the groove it can, the main hook line is introduced during the second half - and that's all she wrote; this is a serious winner. When a release has such a strong original version, most often the remixers aren't able to re-create the same musical magic; but Barry Dempsey proves otherwise here. Barry comes strong out of the gates, introducing the main synth line from the original very quickly; slicing it up a bit, to add a little flavor. The main infrastructure of Demspey's remix is more stripped down, but he adds enough subtle sweeps and hits to fill things out and make his remix a contender for peak-hour play. For those into a less-melodic, more punch fueled style of tech house, this is for you. Amazing work. Johan Chatkowki also gets the nod on remixing duties, reconstructing the pieces into a peak-hour progressive thumper. A nice groovy bassline is added, and Johan adds quite a few of his own ideas into the mix, to make it interesting. Not quite interesting enough to steal the show, however. This is a big one. And after two consecutive stunning releases, Djamel is now surely a name to keep your eye on.
Kev Obrien [27-Oct-2008]
Comments from MyPromoPool.com: 
"Melodic, and twisted release with good remixes !" - 3.5 / 5
Streamteck (Ukraine) (Dance radio Kiss FM/Club Saxon(Kyiv)/ Relax recordings/) 
"nice binary attitude! the image of data is clear and neat in here! strong concept and powerfull beat. dancefloor bombs here!" - 5.0 / 5
Jim_Star (Canada) (www.alicemanagement.com ; no sound) 
"Johan Chatkowski remix steals it for me with the wide open bassline, thumpy beats, and synths so twisted they may very well be sprained." - 4.0 / 5
DJ Medieval (USA) (Ultimo Productions, DI.FM Radio, ProgressiveHouse.com) 
"Great Ep! the original was a very cool track, and the Barry Dempsey rmx too. There are great for me!
regards" - 4.0 / 5
Light (Mexico) (InfraDigrecords) 
"i like johan chatkowsk remix" - 2.5 / 5
Electrobios (Argentina) (Anjuna Deep, Extrema, Add2basket, Baroque, Discoteca) 
"Barry Dempsey remix for sure" - 3.5 / 5
Art Patrice (Croatia) (Synthetic Arts Recordings) 
"decent remixes that are sooo close to being kick ass, especially barry dempsy, who has a sick melody repetition going that is wasted on super thin percussion and bass" - 3.0 / 5
Ira Heinichen (USA) (friskyRecords, friskyRadio) 
"original does it for me" - 3.5 / 5
Dingle (Northern Ireland) (kickroach/airport route/bonzai ) 
"liked the tracks structure. The original sounded a bit more unique to me. Id have to say its the strongest of the release." - 4.0 / 5
Soren LaRue (USA) (System Recordings/Source of Gravity/Protium Music/Visionary Mindz/Televisionary Records/SINsation) 
"Cool groove" - 3.5 / 5
Mike Hiratzka (USA) (Lost Angeles Recordings) 
"Liking the original the best. Great sounds." - 3.5 / 5
Jeffrey Collins (USA) (Aenaria, MAR186, Ascension, Point Records) 
"original mix for me" - 3.0 / 5
Miss Nine (Netherlands) (Turn On..., Vonyc Sessions, 925 Digital, Armada, Yoshitoshi, Harem) 
"Love the way the kick drums come in and take the track to the next level. " - 4.5 / 5
Dirty [M] (USA) (Solvent Entertainment, www.thebeat713.com) 
"The Chatkowski remix has promise, but I'm still looking for more of a hook" - 2.5 / 5
Spesh (Jondi & Spesh) (USA) (Loöq Records, Loöq Radio, Qoöl, Jondi & Spesh) 
"wow! great release, all mixes, syncopated, chunky, clubby and funky, just what we like for the clubs." - 5.0 / 5
Nosmo v Kris B (USA) (Armada, Baroque, Nightshade Music, DI.fm, Protonradio.com) 
"All three track's on this e.p. are realy good. Melodic and progressive with a catchy synth and soft but continuos bassline." - 4.0 / 5
KyneticS (Manuel) (Italy) (DanceRadio.gr - Rosa Dei Venti Club - Monumento - Paips Café - Il Clan) 
"The Original & Barry Dempsey are my favs here, some lovely hypnotic sounds!" - 3.5 / 5
Sasha Le Monnier (UK) (Source Of Gravity/Ascension Records/Nightshade Music /Balkan Connection/Pangea Recordings/Bellarine) 
"Interesting retro synth feel to the original. I like how Barry Dempsey's remix picks up the energy and is a bit more straightforward. Johan Chatkowski's remix could blow the roof off any club and is my pick of the pack." - 3.5 / 5
Darin Epsilon (USA) (Perfecto, DI.fm, Proton, Curvve, Groovecollection, System Recordings, Balance Record Pool) 
"Like the johan chatkowski rmx, it has an electro edge to it." - 3.0 / 5
Jehr (USA) () 
"good sounds. nice and funky" - 3.0 / 5
Chloe Harris (USA) (further, b-sides, proton radio, litheum, machine agency, djdownload) 
"LOVE IT. The Barry Dempsey remix is progressive just the way I like it. Dark, twisted, with a big tech influence. That one will be receiving a lot of play from me FOR SURE. Like the original as well, very interesting and creative..the way I like it!" - 4.5 / 5
Kev Obrien (USA) (Stranjj Recordings | ProgressiveHouse.com | Proton Radio | Danceradio.gr) 
"Nice techy peak time sounds, with a nice phat bassline!!! Good stuff" - 4.0 / 5
Andy Newland (UK) (bedrock, ministry of sound, twisted audio, renaissance, baroque, bellarine) |
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