“It has been a long time since I’ve been this excited about a musical project. With remixing getting less challenging by the day, and underground dance music still losing ground in clubs throughout the US, I was looking for a new challenge and found it with DJs Are Alive.” So states The Scumfrog, an integral part of the new dance music collective formed by the New York producer and featuring his musical friends D:Fuse, Static Revenger, DJ Skribble and Kristine W. The ‘act’ has been born out of the digital revolution, and marks a return to basics (e.g. performing live) as the future direction for dance music – performing “mash up” versions of classic club tracks and their own material with the aid of onstage DJ rigs, drums, percussion, guitar, keyboards etc. But it’s not just about the live experience as their debut single shows – ‘Gimme Some Love’ perfectly capturing the club spirit and sounding like the bastard child of ‘Everybody Be Somebody’-meets-‘Giv Me Luv’. Dance music for the 21st century and beyond.
5 Out Of 5
Reviewed By: Lewis Dene