Contributing Writer
Scottish Producer and DJ Ewan McVicar has followed his massive single Tell Me Something Good (voted Best Track of 2021 by BBC Radio 1 Dance Awards and DJ Mag’s Best of British Awards), with the Movin’ On Over EP, backed by an IKONIKA Remix, on Optimo Music Digital Danceforce.
The Movin’ On Over EP showcases Ewan McVicar’s passion for the underground house music scene, the older Optimo Trax releases he fell in love with, and the legendary parties at Glasgow’s iconic Sub Club, which inspired him to pursue a career making and playing music.
The title track references Ron Hardy in Chicago’s Muzic Box with the thumping, hard cutting bass line and acid influences which makes Ewan McVicar “envisage major head bopping”!
The hypnotic Slowing Up The Freak is also made for sweat-soaked dance-floors. Ewan McVicar wanted to take the dancer to another, twisted place. The distorted noises and instruments used were designed “to f*ck with people on the dancefloor and slow up the freaks.” As Ewan McVicar adds, “we are all our own freak at the end of the day.” Slowing Up The Freak is backed by a remix from IKONIKA which emphasises the trippy, freak out elements of the original.
The shimmering Which Way To Go? rounds off the EP perfectly. Ideal for the after-party, the track was devised late at night and features Sega computer samples and acid house basslines, to create a euphoric and spellbinding finale.
Buy / Stream Ewan McVicar – Movin’ On Over EP (Optimo Music Digital Danceforce) at fanlink.to/Movin_On_Over