Boris Dlugosch "Hold Your Head Up High" (remixes on Positiva): Thayl wont like me reviewing this garage in S@E but fuck him.. this has been knocking about for a fair while now and last summer in London it was a big gay pride anthem in the clubs. The radio edit and the original high up mix are pure "hands in the air" stuff with instant singalongabiilty, quite commercial *except* for that big, dirty, fat, sleazy, wobbly bassline that pulses underneath the beats. Uh-oh.. maybe this is speed garage. Ah fuck it. I like it. I always liked house and garage, nights like Bliss and Love were deadly, jungle is too fucking fast to dance to in clubs for an old fart like me. Hmm.. Track 3, the remix by Julian Jonah (of 187 Lockdown) is quite +8'd, and theres a fucking monster junglist bassline running through the usual house-esque whooping and handclap beats that sounds cool coming out of my SE-M250's. The bass is making them vibrate on my skull. How can you argue with that? Well, alright, the lyrics leave a bit to be desired, but this track isnt for home listening really. I heard this in a bar on my birthday coming out of the PA and it was deadly, I ran up to the DJ and asked to see the sleeve. The other 3 remixes (Derrick Carter, Junior Vasquez, and More/Nunez) are nothing special. But Christ, the bass on that Julian Jonah remix. I'd love to hear it somewhere like the Red Box where you cant hear yourself think... fuck, maybe this bassline garage stuff is o k after all.