Hem - On a Mission (Shortstuff Remix)

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For this tune Hem and Terrible Shock take apart an 80’s soul LP, add some sci-fi synths, lazy drums and a
sprinkling of analogue FX. After many painstaking hours of recording the duo take a well earned coffee break, then return to the
studio just in time to see the back of the light-footed Blunted Robots man Shortstuff as he runs off chuckling ‘your vocals are mine
now!’ Revenge plans are made, vehicles are fuelled up in preparation – but these activities are cut short by the arrival of an email from
the culprit – it seems that he took the files back to his HQ for what he describes as a ‘refix’ – with the engines still running, Hem and
Shox check out the file and find it to be a work of genius – what they hear is an accelerated kaleidoscopic fusion of on-beat claps and
snares in a peak-time northern soul style, super heavy subbass hits and hectic syncopated keyboard chops. The easy tempo and
flow of the original have been transformed into a dancefloor classic, no doubt about it. Hem and Shox call off the troops and head
back to the studio – calls are made, contracts drawn up and everything gets sent off to Transition for the magical transfer to vinyl. For
the flipside the duo select 2 fresh beats from the archives featuring all the trademark Hem elements - flexible riddims, slinky edits, fat
synths, warm bass tones, hip-house references… The refix of ‘On a Mission’ featured on Onemans’ much-loved Rinse 11 mix CD.
The 12” has already been reviewed in publications such as IDJ and Mixmag - they described it as ‘psychedelic new jack swing’, and
its currently being played by the likes of Subswara crew NYC (Soul Motive), Brackles (RinseFM), Mark Pritchard (Warp), Martin Kemp
(Blunted Robots), Toddla T (Ninja Tune), Shortstuff (Ramp), Spamchop (Wigflex), Oneman (RinseFM), Geiom (Berkane Sol)