Here’s a top favorite of mine. You may have heard the B side of this (“The Way”), as it’s been remixed a few times and features the classic Top Buzz sample “Are you really ready for some bloodclat jungle techno??!!!” Great tune, but the Istanbul Remix wins for me by far. The original of “Istanbul” is a good enough song, maybe a bit similar to Taylor’s earlier hit, Egyptian Empire “Horn Track” (which I’m going to assume everyone knows). The remix takes “Istanbul” in an entirely different direction though, chopping the original into a crazy 8 bar-long drum hook which comes back and is then further choppped later in the song. This 8 bar part was sampled in Venture FM “Atmosphere”, maybe some other tracks too though their names escape me now. The only thing that bugs me about the tune is that there’s a couple of dramatic one measure pauses in it which throw the measure count off, which means if you’re mixing it you have to pay attention or things will get a bit “unhinged”.
Yush!!! this track is an absolute monster…. I have this on a mix tape with MC Chickaboo…which just adds to the mental chaotic rave moment of the intro. lovely stuff. cheers 😀
Those breaks goes BOOM! :)))
That riff starting at 1:41 sounds alot Insider’s “Destiny”.. I know it’s not sampled there, but the melody goes just the same..