James Cottle’s electronic music dawn came via a trip to Ibiza back in 2007, where he not unsurprisingly caught Paul van Dyk spinning the opening night of Cream, Amnesia.
FFWD 9 years and, in something of a dream come true for the Durham-based DJ and Goodgreef Resident, James has landed his debut production a release through PvD’s VANDIT Recordings.
James Cottle's Debut Single - Opening available through Beatport here! ,
James’ discog opener couldn’t be more title-appropriate. Tonally and stylistically, a full-court-press of a track, ‘Opening’ bears down on its break, powered by piston-like beats, tremor-ific bass and annihilating acid lines.
Laying up at the drop with hymnal vocal harmonies and echoing piano lines, it finally gates the synths up a storm and goes above-the-rim with a jaw-drop, crowd-wowing mainline.
‘Opening’ is out and about from today.
Tracklist:
01: Opening (Original Mix)
Dimitri Kechagias review:
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[item value="10"]Beat and Rhythm[/item]
[item value="10"] Piano Melody and Euphoric synths[/item]
[item value="10"]Intensity, Drive and Energy[/item]
[item value="10"]Breakdown[/item]
[item value="10"]Climax / Drop / Crescendo / Pay off moment[/item]
[item value="10"]Goosebumps / Shivers moment[/item]
[item value="10"]Sound-design and Arrangement[/item]
[item value="10"]Atmosphere[/item]
[item value="10"]Originality and Inventiveness[/item]
[item value="10"]Dancefloor Efficiency / Festival Arenas Effectiveness[/item]
[item value="10"]Emotional affinity[/item]
[item value="10"]You can’t get this track out of your head because it is so memorable[/item]
[item value="10"]It has potential to become an anthem or a classic[/item]
[item value="10"]James Cottle - Opener[/item]
[content title="Summary" label="Overall Score"]Opener is a powerful full on euphoric uplifting trancer with super strong synths and punchy pounding drums with the acid overtones and agressive cranking basslines. It creates earthquakes all over the place. Love it[/content]
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Additional info:
www.facebook.com/DJJamesCottle
www.twitter.com/DJJamesCottle
www.instagram.com/jamescottle1
www.vandit.com
https://www.facebook.com/VanditRecords
www.soundcloud.com/vanditrecords
