The BBC Music is proud to present you today a remix of Modestep's popular song "Sunlight" by Calvertron and Helicopter Showdown! Expect more filth in this one. While this piece of work keeps the chilled vibe of the original song, the bit sounds and the glitchy synths lay on a deep bassline to add to the melody that I would classify as a banger.
Modestep's song "Sunlight" has received quite a lot of edifying critics and for cause. Behind this name hide brothers Tony and Josh Fiend who have individually been DJing since 2001, only forming the band in 2010 with Josh's roommate Matthew Curtis and more recently guitarist Nick Tsang. Basically they're two guitarists, one drummer and one vocalist alongside the inevitable dub work. This combination of hard rock and electro definitely helped in their acclamation from the public.
Calvertron, for his part, started learning to produce with Cubase on an old Atari ST computer in the late 90â²s. There were no softsynths back then, you had to buy thousands of ...