My Digital Enemy – Desire Life (Matteo DiMarr & Crazibiza Remixes)

‘My Digital Enemy’ is a name that has become synonymous with cutting edge house music. The Brighton duo added another huge success to their already impressive back catalogue with ‘Desire Life’, last May released through their own Vudu imprint. Fast forward to 2015 and My Digital Enemy have enlisted the eclectic talents of Matteo DiMarr and Crazibiza to rework their 2014 club mainstay.

Toronto’s Matteo DiMarr’s remix of ‘Desire Life’ carries the positivity of the track’s title. Set to a lighter backdrop than the 2014 version of the track, DiMarr has pitched the instrumentation into a more classic, 90s influenced house sound, complete with throwback piano stabs and a heavier emphasis on the vocal performance buried in the original’s jacking house drums.

If Matteo DiMarr’s remix of ‘Desire Life’ enhanced the track’s pop sensibilities whilst retaining its sense of underground cool, Crazibiza’s reworking delves one step deeper. The Budapest duo have taken the pounding rhythm of the original and shifted its vision towards the dancefloor, almost completely removing the vocals of the original and turning in a club mix-esque interpretation of My Digital Enemy’s composition, sure to be an essential weapon in any DJ’s arsenal.

With the demand for My Digital Enemy’s intense brand of house music increasing rapidly, these hard-hitting reworks of one of their most potent tracks to date could not have come at a better time for the duo. As plans for 2015 develop both with their own music and their Zulu and Vudu imprints, the Matteo DiMarr and Crazibiza remixes of ‘Desire Life’ provide a more than worthy stopgap between now and MDE’s next slice of essential club music.