This time Slok’s Electronic Petz imprint sees the first official release for ‘Softive’, a young DJ and talented producer from Sao Paulo, Brazil.

With a solid house flow the Original Mix begins, the first pad is dropped and you know immediately that this one is going to be huge – the synth line that holds the groove throughout is top draw, pulling from progressive roots and some classic Balearia. Simple but heavily affective.

The Softmal re-arrangement offers little more than the original but does change the tone slightly and provide a variation on the percussion, the melody is looped a little more and the sound taken a little deeper. The main hook of the original is so compelling and I would have preferred to see other producers apply their craft rather than the originator simply applying a twist.

8/10 for me, both provide solid production. The original provides something special.

Words: G.Johnson