Habstrakt has been one of the most dependable bass house producers in the game for ages, and teaming up with Simona Shao on Mine pulls the genre somewhere a little more vocal-forward than usual. Monstercat dropped it and it slots right into the label’s whole personality. The bassline is the star, obviously, this rubbery wobbling thing that bounces rather than bludgeons. Simona Shao’s vocal gives the track a center of gravity that pure bass house tracks often lack, something to hold onto while the low end does its thing underneath. The drop is springy and fun rather than brutal, which is the right call for a track built around a voice. I’ve always liked that Habstrakt makes bass music you can actually move to instead of just bracing against. There’s a swing to his programming that a lot of his heavier peers never figured out. Mine isn’t trying to melt your face. It’s trying to make you dance, and it succeeds. Sometimes that’s the harder thing to pull off.
Not the first time Habstrakt & Simona Shao has shown up here — Habstrakt & Lizdek - SURGE