Hand a soulful, rolling Pola & Bryson tune to Mefjus and you already know the floor is about to fall out from under it. The original Want It rode on IYAMAH’s gorgeous vocal; Mefjus keeps that warmth and then bolts a far meaner, more technical engine underneath. His drum programming has always been borderline show-off precise, and here it serves the song instead of swallowing it — the snares snap, the bass moves in ways that feel almost three-dimensional on a decent system. That tension between the tender vocal and the brutal low end is the entire appeal, and the fact that neither side wins is what makes it replayable. It’s the rare remix that respects the source while completely rewiring its insides. Played on something with actual sub, the difference between this and the original is night and day, and the original was no slouch. One of the more satisfying DnB flips I’ve heard in a while, and the kind that makes you go back and re-rate the producer.
Not the first time Pola & Bryson has shown up here — Emily Makis, Pola & Bryson - Pretender