Artist: Various Artists
Label: Toolroom Trax
LabelCode: TRAX075
Format: 12"
Release: 2010-02-01
Country: BEL
Style: House / Electro / Progressive

Toolroom Trax deliver a second limited winter sampler packed with Toolroom treats from leading artists Mark Knight, Funkaganda & Koen Groeneveld. Head Honcho Mark Knight & rising Dutch champion Koen Groeneveld have joined forces to bring you 'Put Your Hands Up', a track that does exactly what it says on the tin; an energetic slice of tech goodness with a vocal chant screaming to 'Put Your Hands Up'! The track is split between two mixes, one courtesy of Mark Knight & the other from Koen Groeneveld, taking the track into slightly different directions. Mark Knight's remix builds the vocal chant right from the beginning, taking you into a driving synth lead groove that drops into lush, warm pads and the vocal chant 'Put Your Hands Up In The Air'. Koen Groeneveld's Remix follows suit with sharp, piercing drums, a catchy synth groove and that dutch percussion that gets everyone moving! Building in a similar style, Koen uses the vocal chant alongside Big FX to cause maximum damage in the breakdown before dropping back into the groove that will have everyone reaching for the sky! On the flip side we have two full on audio assaults from Funkagenda in the form of 'H3lix' & 'Nobody Listens To Techno Feat MC Flipside'! H3lix is a genre defying beast kicking off with a driving percussive intro, then out of nowhere drops a pulsating and buzzing bass line opening the track up into a peak time monster, building layers and gaining momentum to the main drop where hoards of FX weave in and out of the mix. This is exceedingly uplifting and not for the faint hearted! 'Nobody Listens To Techno' features the impeccable vocal chords of MC Flipside, the talented MC featured on Bart B More's recent Toolroom Smash 'So It Goes (A Day In The Life)'. The track is a broody techno affair with slick rolling drums, edgy synth stabs and sweeping FX a plenty. As MC Flipside says 'This is Musical Technology for your ear'! And is destined to cause maximum damage where ever it get's played.