Project Human
Dieselboy is deeply invested in the sci-fi future, and he stakes his claim in the drum & bass game with cyborg sex anthems that rarely dip below 170 BPM. But while Damien Higgins is always looking ahead, he's careful not to leave fans behind. OnProject Human, a mix that kicks off his new Human imprint, Philly's favorite combines a track listing that will make trainspotters cream from sharp mixing and an epic trance-inflected drum & bass sound that will drive ravers wild.Project Human's first mission is to introduce the world to Dieselboy as producer. He premieres five tracks during the mix, including two undulating trance behemoths crafted with Joshua Ryan and two remixes as one-fifth of trance-meets-d&b; collective Weapon. Fans are also treated to one absolutely firing adaptation of hip-hop group Styles of Beyond's "Subculture," where Higgins and fellow Philly native Kaos give jump-up jungle bootlegs a run for their money with rough two-stepping beats and excellent use of rap vocals. Diesel the producer is not all that different than Diesel the DJ; cold, hard, fast and furious.The disc's second purpose is to present the newest tracks possible, and it includes numerous specially commissioned remixes from scene stalwarts like Usual Suspects, Loxy, Fierce and Ryme Tyme. The tunes are uniform quality, but with so many producers from the harder-and-faster side of things remixing each other here, parts of the mix feel like a contest to see which producer can stay hard the longest.Vivian Host--From URB Magazine