The UK’s Bordertown, a duo whose remix of Toto’s “Africa” we’ve been loving since last year, has fired back with “What.” A track that climbs until it teeters on absolute, deep house insanity, “What” is a percussive treat featuring winding interludes and spacey detours that feel and sound like a night of stumbling in and out of hidden dance parties in the catacombs of a mythic cathedral or enchanting city. Bordertown’s style, a refined take on classic trance like the kind made by Armin van Buuren or Oakenfold, is interesting because it’s current and fresh, but makes good use of sounds from big room records in the early 2000s without sounding overly referential or kitschy. This is what we’d see now from contemporaries like Lane 8 or Matt Lange, but instead of sweeping melodies or darkened mystique, we’re treated to hard-hitting, peak hour, dancefloor pounding goodness in its purest form.
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