Powerplant - With Or Without You

The flip couldn't be more different than the original, but both tracks are amazing on their own terms.

Vancouver wunderkids John Morgan and Kiki Stewardson offer a steady, pulsing brooder in their original cut, with an understated baseline & a melody that grows stronger, more insistent and haunting with every 32 bars. The tune never really peaks (there's no breakdown to speak of) but it still builds energy beautifully.

Blackwatch takes a completely different approach--after a fairly quiet introduction (which, by the way, is rather difficult to mix into) and sparse use of the vocal sample, his drums simply explode into a punishing, driving groove that is reminiscent of his work with Dave Gardner under the Gardner & Thomas moniker. Sparse piano samples float in the background, punctuating the breakdown.