New Music: The Martinez Brothers: "My Rendition" [Stream]
Much ado has been made of the aging of the dance music generation, but bucking the trend come the Martinez Brothers, two churchgoing kids from the Bronx-- Chris is 15, Steve is 18-- whose father turned them on to house music to steer them away from hip-hop's profane temptations. Under the tutelage of New York's "soulful" house vanguard, they've found themselves regularly playing gigs like Shelter and Danny Krivit's 718 Sessions. Their debut single, for mentor Dennis Ferrer's Objektivity label, is probably the last thing their classmates are listening to: an insanely deep, Detroit-inspired anthem that could give Âme a run for their money in the goosebumps department. A seven-minute swell of electrifying arpeggios and hangar-sized reverb, this is a sure contender for the summer's most epic track-- as well as a welcome alternative for when the DJ has played too many Carl Craig remixes in a row.
[from "My Rendition" 12"; out now on Objektivity | Buy from Beatport]