DJ Dan Teams Up With Überzone And Blake Lewis For 'Future Retro, Evolution 3,' Out Today

Retro-kitsch has never been more in fashion thanks to DJ Dan’s latest delve in to the future. Enlisting the help of Überzone, DJ Dan Presents: Future Retro, Evolution 3 (out today, April 6) throws back to the days when electro wizardry was born and a music revolution was well under way. As a microcosm of things to come, the third in the single series of Future Retro adopts the familiar form of one track representing days gone by and another glancing at the future, much like his debut full-length album Future Retro will do when it drops this later this summer.

Originally a number one hit on the Billboard R&B chart in 1985, Midnight Star’s funk-fuelled electro smash "Operator" had a big influence on Dan in his early years, prompting the honouree retrospective reworking.The usual suspects get dusted off from the vaults for a long overdue workout; sniffs of the TR-808 drum machine ooze from the roots of the track with the vocoded sounds of Blake Lewis gliding throughout. In typical 80s fashion, synths rule over the rhythms in an extravagant exhibition of electro-funk’d up pop with remixes courtesy of Miles Dyson, Nom De Strip and Bird Peterson.

DJ Dan & Überzone - Operator feat. Blake Lewis (Radio Edit) by nettwerkmusicgroup

On the B-side, "Chop Shop" showcases everything futuristic about Dan’s visions for music but interestingly wafts influences from the past, making it a truly visionary piece.

If trends do indeed go full circle as many suggest, then Dan’s hip-hop tendencies are well and truly part of the future fabric of electronic music. The track's vocal stabs hark back to the same electro-meets-hip-hop era of the aforementioned "Operator" but the underlying beats and bass perfectly slot into the warped musical insurgence sweeping the globe today.

As a new wave of electro house and rave kids emerge, influences as far and wide as dubstep and Dutch house resonate with Dan’s trademark sounds, encapsulated in "Chop Shop." Big room basslines register on the Richter scale as standard and in doing so creating a relentless, riotous rave up, all in the comfort of your own home. On remix duties, the wobbly and wild Hot Mouth.

Retro-chic has never sounded so good as one of America’s original electronica pioneers joins all the dots from the past to the future in the latest Future Retro tastemaker ‘Evolution 3.’

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Tracklist:
1. DJ Dan - Chop Shop (Extended Version)
2. DJ Dan - Chop Shop (Hot Mouth Remix)
3. DJ Dan - Chop Shop (Hot Mouth's Rubber Remix)
4. DJ Dan & Überzone - Operator feat. Blake Lewis
5. DJ Dan & Überzone - Operator feat. Blake Lewis (DJ Dan & Mike Balance Disco
Funk Remix)
6. DJ Dan & Überzone - Operator feat. Blake Lewis (Miles Dyson Remix)
7. DJ Dan & Überzone - Operator feat. Blake Lewis (Miles Dyson Dub)
8. DJ Dan & Überzone - Operator feat. Blake Lewis (Nom De Strip Remix)
9. DJ Dan & Überzone - Operator feat. Blake Lewis (Bird Peterson Remix)