DJ Phil TY – A Kay A Review

Posted by Moe on Apr 9, 2009 in Uncategorized | 2 comments

HEY WHAT’S UP IT’S YA GIRL NIQUE, A KAY A FREAK NIQUE, A KAY A GEEK NIQUE

Technoboy and his crew have once again proven themself to be geniuses when it comes to finding random vocals and make an absolutely awesome track out of them. We all remember the mega hit Double Dutch Darkies which had vocals from a random YouTube video of a woman who was reading a poem . The SAIFAM crew recorded the vocals, put on a massive bassline and made it one of the best tracks since god knows when and it quickly became a huge hit among all hardstyle fans.
A Kay A is even better than DDD and SAIFAM could possibly have created one of the best tracks of 2009 with the help of an unknown female rapper from YouTube.

So, what is it that’s so good about this track you may wonder. Doesn’t it just sound like an ordinary SAIFAM track among all others?
The answer to that question is indeed yes.

A Kay A is a track which has all the typical SAIFAM ingredients. Female vocals, a hard bassline and an uplifting melody are all things that we have heard in so many Italian hardstyle tracks before.
The track kicks off with a typical, deadly SAIFAM bassline which instantly makes the whole dancefloor move – you simply can not stand still to this and the catchy vocals match perfectly with the awesome bassline. The italians have once again made an awesome job maintaining a great drive in the intro and it never gets boring.  Maybe the vocals are a bit silly and there’s always a danger that you’ll get tired of them pretty fast which is also the case with Oh my god and many other SAIFAM tracks with repetetive vocals, though it’s often quite silly vocals combined with a great bassline that gives all hardstyle tracks that little bit of extra drive, and that’s also why italian hardstyle tracks usually are more powerful than dutch since the italian producers often use vocals in a very good and professional way. Second Match, The Beauty and the beat, Sexbusters, Demoliton, Mescal – they all have awesome vocalwork which makes them rememberable as some of the best hardstyle tracks ever.

There’s no disturbing break in this track and shortly after the intro, an uplifting melody kicks in (EHM Mix) together with a rather trancy, but good synth. The melody could possibly have been a bit more simple, but regardless of that, it forms a great combination together with another killer bassline. There isn’t much to say about the Straight On Mix on the flipside, but at least it’s not a “change the snare and clap” mix like we have seen so many times before on most SAIFAM releases.
The so called Straight On Mix has a different climax with a melody which is more simple than in the EHM Mix and it also has a regular kick instead of a bassline in the climax.

A Kay A is a release which hopefully won’t be forgotten in a long time. The SAIFAM production team are once again showing what they are capable of and the track is a technical masterpiece, filled with bleeps, screeches and other sounds which are like ear candy.
Even if the EHM mix could have had a bit more simple melody, it’s still deadly, maybe even deadlier than our dear australian friend Moes hunger and shows the world that great hardstyle still exists in a time of TOK TOK kicks and everlasting breaks.

Tracklist:

• A. DJ Phil TY – A Kay A (EHM Mix)
• B. DJ Phil TY – A Kay A (Straight On Mix)

Verdict: 88/100