First Look: Dekker & Johan
Dekker is pretty much the man. Founder of the Apocalypso club night at the Old Queen’s Head in Islington, he’s been making a name for himself on the tables around London for a few years (including his regular stint as Miss Odd Kid’s touring DJ) and is about to take it to the next level with some original material of his own. He’s also one of the nicer dudes I’ve ever met, having been kind enough to put on Fresh Prints back before they were world famous and even taking us into his flat for some private tutelage on top of that. I had the pleasure of dancing my balls off to his sets throughout the semester everywhere from the cozy confines of the Old Queen’s Head to Fabric, London’s electro mecca, and now he’s ready to drop some tracks of his own on us with the help of his sound engineer sidekick Johan.
“Brooklyn” has been killing it on London dancefloors for a minute now, and at long last I’m able to drop the freshly-mastered finished version on you. Chopped up vocals, all manner of glitchy bells and whistles and an arpeggiated breakdown and vocal lovingly sampled from Death In Vegas’ “Rocco” all converge to create a dark disco vibe and bring to mind what it might sound like if Burial decided to go all jacking house on us. With “Brooklyn” Dekker & Johan bring to the table intensity and depth generally absent from the flavor-of-the-week electro oversaturating the blogs these days, and with significant A&R interest already swirling around them, you can expect big things from the duo in the months to come (yes, even in the face of the Impending Electro Recession).
MP3: “Brooklyn” - Dekker & Johan [exclusive]