DJ Wayne & DJ NinOo [Txiga Pro] - "Patagoloiza 2014"

The original track is good. The remix is much better.

Without much effort, a run of the mill internet conquistador can discover cyber-gold; separating the wheat from e-sulfur, though, is another matter entirely. One such case is a song titled "Patagoloza," released by an afrobeat group called Patakas Music is 2012. "Patagoza" is a track composed in the style of afrohouse, and despite showcasing four percussive elements simultaneously it is not particularly dense. Likewise, prospective listeners need not be afraid. Check your suspicions of genre/label kitschiness. The organ on "Patagoloza" is played with purpose and the bass is filled to the brim with soul. Still, the six-minute length of this indisputable dancefloor track is frightening. So I will stopping just short of being an apologist and opine that variation in the drum and vocal department evades the boogeyman of monotony.



"Patagoloiza 2014" is another matter entirely. Txiga Pro members DJ Wayne and DJ NinOo entered the laboratory and exited with an entirely new element. A portion of the original vocals has been retained. Wayne and NinOo's ambitions, though, are more grandiose than rehashing an old tune. Not only is the beat different, but the melodic organ has been replaced by a marimba. A second, yelping, vocal sample has been included as well. As Patakas's vocals carelessly drawl over the quicker, mid-tempo batida rhythm, the original bass makes a presence; together push suspense to the precipice of calamity. But instead of plunging into oblivion, a new drum pattern rescues the audience. At which point an indefinable harmonic element creates the signature of the track's first portion. After a DJ tag, NinOo usurps the board. A third drum pattern begins. The marimba returns - accompanied this time by an ambient synth, bells, and a third percussive vocal sample. Although semblance to Pataka's song is stretching ever more thinly, the original vocals return backed by a fourth unique use of drums. As this is occuring, it should be noted that the synth is also making a worthy attempt to leave its own mark. By the song's end it becomes clear DJ Wayne and DJ NinOo have done nothing short of re-creating "Patagoloza." The qualities that makes the original enjoyable are very much present, but rather than pay direct homage, Txiga Pro has done it in its own style.

- John Noggle