Tom Stephan : Nervous Nitelife

Released: 15th February 2010

Some know this dance floor superhero Tom Stephan only by his alias Superchumbo, but really that’s only one side of this multi talented New York born/London based artist. ‘Nervous Nitelife: Tom Stephan’ offers a window into his current DJ set and also a look into Stephan’s production and remix cache that features names like Diplo, Major Lazer and Larry Tee. Combine this with Stephan’s own original productions and new single ‘Light’s Out ft. Rowetta’ and you’ve got one hell of a mix.

‘Nervous Nitelife: Tom Stephan’ picks up right in the middle of an extremely productive time for Stephan. His latest originals ‘Turn That Shit Up’ (for Southern Fried) and ‘Lights Out ft. Rowetta’ (with Pete Gleadall for Nervous) reflect his newest inspirations: the electro sound of the UK and the new Dutch sound. This inspiration comes to the forefront of the compilation with the ravey electro stabs-meets-twisted house of Nervous Disco Dolly’s ‘Get Up Everybody (Starkillers Mix)’ and the minimal squelches of Seductive ‘Underground Sound.’ North and South unite when Miami’s great Robbie Rivera and NYC’s big room electro machine Rooster & Peralta throw down on ‘Move Move (DJ Observer & Daniel Heathcliff Mix)’ This frantic wave is then met with a trough as the punishing beats of Benny Royal ‘Back to Basic’, Afrojack ‘Polkadots’, Christian Arango ‘Body Shake’ and SpiritMindster ‘Furious Night (DJ Dextro Mix)’ take over the centre point of the mix.

The final third of the mix is full of great surprises and the action picks up big time with Tom Stephan’s own dizzying remix of Major Lazer ‘Keep It Going Louder (Tom Stephan Harder Mix)’. Williamsburg favourite Larry Tee keeps it going with the assistance of Roxy Cottontail on Afrojack’s drum-atic remix of ‘Let’s Make Nasty’ while Mikix The Cat takes it all back to the days of acid house with his whistle blowing remix of Rico Tubbs ‘Born to Bounce’. Things starts bouncing thanks to bonus beats courtesy of Diplo on his remixes of Bingo Players ‘Get Up’ and Tom Stephan’s ‘Turn That Shit Up’ before Oscar G closes it out vocal house style with Tom Stephan’s reworking of his ‘What You Need’ feat Tamara Wallace.

Revved, revitalized and ready for the future, Tom Stephan is starting the drumbeat all over again.

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