Dutch-Canadian beat-smith apaull lands on his own Furnace Room Records with Push the Button. Taken from his new LP Gun Factor (released in April), the single comes backed by a robust rework from Junior Sanchez on the flip.

There’s a distinct echo of Nightworks-era Layo & Bushwacka in apaull’s original cut. It’s the kind of production that sits equally comfortably between such early-noughties classics and the forward-thinking releases of today.

Following a deliberate one-minute build of heavily processed string stabs and atmospheric swells, a crisp breakbeat bubbles to the surface to shift the gears. From there, we’re dropped into an infectious 4/4 groove driven by unpredictable, arpeggiated robo-bleeps.

Junior Sanchez reimagines the track with tribal-inflected, funk-heavy percussion. It’s an essential tool for any set, perfectly designed to turn the room from ‘warm’ to ‘sweaty’ as the energy builds.

(Bandcamp)