Mt Eden samples Prodigy: "The Omen"

I recently started listening to a wider variety of electronic music than I have in the past.  I've mostly stuck with trance (Tiesto), drum & bass (Misstress Barbara), and house (Bad Boy Bill).  Kim introduced me to dubstep earlier this year and I'm, uhm, kind of obsessed.  I'm pretty sure I found Mt Eden while I browsed YouTube for worthy tracks, but it's entirely possible that I heard his music on Tamara or Deb's Facebook pages.  My friends and I, we love music, we trade videos, and we hit concerts hard.  Anyway, Mt Eden is a Kiwi producer who's known for the grinding bass and tightly wound effects that threaten to explode your brain with their inherent badassery.  I like a lot of his music, including the "Hide & Seek" and "Silence" remixes, but for some reason his Pharaohe Monch "Simon Says" remix just doesn't do it for me.  It's a little too "Aphrodite remixes the Superman theme but overpowers it with cymbals" for me. Anyway, I reallllly like this track and I hope you do too!

Mt Eden - "The Omen"

The sampling is seamless.  That art has fallen by the wayside with the advent of computers and music editing programs that halfway do it for you, however; there is ample room for error when layering multiple samples and blending effects that can sound like the Doppler effect gone wrong if you screw it up.  Mt Eden's attention to detail keeps the flow even.

The marks of dubstep are A) the power of the bass, B) drums that sound as if someone's playing them in a giant, empty concert hall, and C) those sick bass drops that can really amp the vibe.  The blend, balance (note: the bass is supposed to be really heavy), and bass drops here are quite decent.  The vocal track is matched perfectly with the duple/triple feel (also common in dubstep) and the main motive isn't played out.  Mt Eden uses it just enough to remind you that "hey, this original track is pretty bad on its own, I'm just giving you my twist".  I'm a fan of Prodigy's music, particularly their older tracks, and "The Omen" is one of my favorites. I love hearing it reworked, and I love that someone else appreciated it at least as much as I do.