Beats 'N' Pieces: They're in fashion

The second single has just been released. ‘Fashion Feeling’ comes in excellent remixes from international heroes Blackstrobe, Tomas Almgren and Lifelike, but is getting most praise for the monstrous electro-tech version by Dublin’s Arveene & Misk.
The DK7 hold-up has allowed the ever-prolific O’Sullivan to record a solo album, Fragments from a Long Country, which will be released on DK7’s own label in June. The Stockholm resident told Hot Press: “It was conceived in that special unsettling time period that lies somewhere between Swedish winter and spring, where two seasons ebb and flow in daily combat ,where light will prove victorious and will eventually return to the Long Country.”
The opus will be preceded in May by a three-track EP featuring ‘She Stood There Laughing’, ‘Come Over’ and ‘Steam’, which will be the fifth single on the DK7 stamp.
The album ventures into the territory of Mark’s late ’90s incarnation, The Mighty Quark, whose complete output looks set for a digital reissue later this summer. There may even be some remixes up and coming Irish talents. Contact Mark through MySpace if you fancy trying your hand at one.
Dublin drum ‘n’ bass don Naptha – christened Shane O’Shea – has spent much of the past couple of years painstakingly crafting his debut album. The resulting Long Time Burning CD seems to have been worth all the effort, as British magazine Woofah has referred to it as the drum ‘n’ bass album of the decade.
Released on The Fear in conjunction with Ruff Revival, the Malahide maestro’s opus is firmly rooted in the music that inspired the original sample-heavy jungle blueprint of ‘93/’94, and offers a selection of ruff rollers infused with reggae, dancehall, funk, soul and hip-hop vibes; melancholia and euphoria often colliding atop the blissful beats.
It’s a potentially crucial release for the drum ‘n’ bass scene, and commentators have been hotly debating whether it could be the future of drum ‘n’ bass or just an extremely rare reminder of how wonderful this once dominant musical force once was. Either way, it’s worth splashing your cash on. Buy it direct from the www.thefear.ie
Lush! resident DJ Col Hamilton has a new single out on Ego. The Portrush pioneer’s ‘Into Darkness’ is a progressive house thumper with gorgeous vocals from Abigail Bailey and remixes from Aaron McClelland and Karana Unit.
Trance sensation Paul Webster has remixed the new single from the main man at the Slinky club and the Digital Remedy label, Lee Haslam. ‘O.M.D’ stands for Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, but it doesn’t sample the ’80s heroes as you might expect. Instead it’s got a string section not a million miles from Brainbug’s late ‘90s hit, ‘Nightmare’. Webster’s remix is a tough