#caloris

The Caloris Basin In the 1970s, the US built Mariner 10 spacecraft flew past the planet Mercury a few times, giving humanity its first glimpses at that world. Because it only flew by, without entering orbit, it only imaged a portion of the planet, but there were tantalizing hints of this gigantic feature. On the edge of one of the frames, it spotted the rim of a huge impact structure, over 1500 kilometers across (20% wider than the state of Texas). That structure is the Caloris Basin, and it appears orange in this image.

Shameless Audio is proud to present "Wibbly Bibbly", a spacey and driving bass house affair by Jon Cates (Cates&dpL) with impressive and diverse remixes from MO7S (Monism Music) and Caloris (the duo of Joe Bellirngham and Traeger Evans).

Cates' original is a serious genre-spanning dance floor crusher that bridges classic and contemporary house vibes. Cates deftly combines bass house low end and melodic leads with classic deep house hi-hat grooves, vocal samples, and filtered synth lines. The track starts with a heavy sub-bass and stripped down, but quickly crescendos into a tripped-out, peak hour journey into some 'really strange' and extremely hooky music.

The MO7S remix takes the track deeper and and in more melodic directions. MO7S brings out some of the original's melody and groove then layers them with all sorts of percussion and a rich, organ-like synth. Most of the track's core drive comes from a warm and moving bass line and a subtle yet grabbing use of the original's key hook. Like Cates, the M07S remix builds up in all the right ways, but is always DJ and dance floor friendly.

The Caloris' Reflection mix harnesses the original's drive and channels it into a deep and stripped-down big room tech-house banger. A sonar-like synth, trippy filtered leads, and deconstructed vocals from the original gallop over Joe Bellingham's signature spacey pads and driving low end. The interplay between the kick and bass line makes subs, DJs, and dancers move in all the right ways.

Joeski - "Dope!" Anthony Pappa - "Cool release … some nice tracks here that will be used." Tensnake - "The original is nice." Larry Tee - "Groovy!" Tom Lown (Lucky Sun / Savoir Faire) - "Nice vibe on the original … warm, bubbly and deep." Pete Moss - "Excellent!" Ivan Garci (Vlosfer Records / Deepwit) - "Fantastic release with some great sounds." Denite (Diynamic / Get Physical) - "Nice tracks … the original is the one for me." Chris Fortier (Fade) - "This sounds good!" Pete Williams (Natural Rhythm) - "Jon's original is the one. Its driving groove and atmospheric elements makes this release." Pat Lezizmo (Conya Records / Karmaloft) - "A very nice original!, a cool MO7S remix, and an excellent Caloris remix. Nice package!" Lorenzo al Dino (7th District Inc. / Royal Plastic) - "All three tracks are well done and get my support." Tyler Stadius (Deepsite / Dialtone Records) - "I love the hypnotic original … I'll play it soon." Simon Kirk (Stag Beetle Radio Show) - "Wow … this is serious. Great remixes but the original is simply awesome with its driving bottom end, bright percussion, and cool spoken vocal." Sandro Bianchi (Ibiza Sonica) - "Nice tracks … I especially like the MO7S remix." Michael Fossati (Spirit of House) - "The original is a truly glamorous slice of atmospheric late night bliss." Strictly Underground Music - "Really good EP! 'Wibbly Bibbly' is our pick here but we really like the deeper and darker vibe on the Caloris’ remix."