The North by Midwest EP by Nate Manic and Chad North:

01. Chad North - Get Mean (Original Mix)
02. Nate Manic - Nuba (Original Mix)
03. Nate Manic - Ya Ho Ya Hey (Original Mix)

First release from Chicago's Nate Manic and San Francisco's Chad North - I personally prefer the Manic tracks on this release, "Get Mean" isn't bad, and has kind of a nice vocal sample use, but the excessive use of the "electro/fart" noises turns me off.

On the other hand, Manic's tracks are definitely hands in the air techno - I much prefer "Ya Ho Ya Hey", but they're both a lot of fun. "Nuba" has a guitar sample that really, really drives it into some kind of spacey feeling techno, it's a lot of fun, and would definitely get me amped if dropped right. "Ya Ho Ya Hey" takes on a similar kind of vibe, but I just like the way it works a bit better - the bassline just rolls along really nicely, and again, sounds like something that if mixed in and dropped proper would knock my socks off in a club.

If anything, I think the one thing that might put a lot of people off of this release is its clear influence from two of the last big trend-waves in EDM: the push back to techno and "electro" house; I do, however, think it stands well on its own, so give it a shot.

Samples, for the time being, are only at their MySpace:

http://www.myspace.com/badadvicerecords

I believe it will be out at DD stores in the next week or so.

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