Reaching for the bottom of the bag often leads to the most pleasant of surprises. With this mentality in mind, D.C. mainstays Baronhawk and Arm In Arm, aka Bil Todd, are taking the scraps to make some of our favorite tunes fresh again as Bag Fries: a side-project based around the concept of taking raw acapellas and familiar loops and retooling them. And the best part? Each release will have two options to choose from with the common denominator being whichever sample the two tastemakers choose to flip.
The first Bag Fries release, a duo of edits cryptically titled “ETB & WPB,” takes Amy Winehouse’s acapella of “You Know I’m No Good” and transfers it into tech house territory not unlike recent slammers by Hot Since 82 or Doorly. The “AnA Version,” Todd’s edit, is a deep, cycling trip that saunters and skips through your sonic headspace as it uses Winehouse’s chopped vocals to produce an otherworldly sound made for setting the tone in the club during early evening sets. Baronhawk’s version, on the other hand, begins with a tribal kick/snare combo paired with a panned, echoing cut of Winehouse’s croon decidedly making his the darker, more intense cut of the two. Together, the first Bag Fries release is a balanced, palatable tech house release that digs deep and isn’t afraid to get dirty which has us excited to see where this side project is going to go in the months ahead.
You can stream the first Bag Fries release below and subscribe for future releases here.
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/128750994″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]