- This is, as far as I know, Karmina's debut release, and I can't say that I know that much about her other than that she's French and a DJ by trade. I could be wrong though. So what to say about this release? It's hardly groundbreaking, despite the inclusion of a Mathew Jonson remix.
Karmina’s original opens with a moody bassline and it crackles into action nicely if unremarkably. I can't say anything bad about this track because it's exactly the type of sound that helps a crowd glide into action. It's got a lilting funk that keeps it playful.
Mathew Jonson ups the ante a bit, keeping the tempo constant but injecting a bit of moodiness into proceedings. It's not one of his better efforts but he serves to lift things slightly with a trademark spiralling bass riff that, interspersed with a mournful synth, keeps things far away and interesting. However, it's not your standard Jonson length so does come across as a bit of an outtake.
Blackwall, meanwhile, slows things down notably and delivers a plodding groove that has a vaguely electro feel to it, but it seems a little too miserable to really animate. Keeping a similar dark feel to Jonson's remix, but losing the funk of either his or the original mix, it lacks that certain something to lift it out of the mundane.
A solid no-frills release. Simple in its original form and doing nothing wrong, but relatively ordinary. The remixes don't really satisfy much and feel limited.
TracklistA Wonder 21
B1 Wonder 21 (Mathew Jonson's Roses Remix)
B2 Wonder 21 (Blackwall's Twenty1ders Remix)