New Zealand is definitely one of the hottest hubs for trap music as of late. It seems like every Focus Five issue features a new budding Kiwi producer, with our most recent installment featuring the promising beat maker, nekolai. Yesterday, the New Zealander shared his most recent creative work, teaming up with fellow Auckland-native t1r to deliver a genre-defying flip of A$AP Rocky and Skepta’s hit, ‘Praise The Lord’. It has been a quiet few months for t1r, but he’s back with a vengeance, recently remixing Fatboy Slim and stating that this new remix is the first of two tracks coming this month. As two producers known for their hard-hitting trap leanings, they decided to step out of their comfort zone, which they do flawlessly, giving ‘Praise The Lord’ a drum & bass rework. Layering the A$AP and Skepta vocals over fast-paced percussion, nekolai and t1r add thumping bass and contorted effects to create the most unique remix we’ve heard of the iconic track. Featuring the pristine production from their respective individual works, the Kiwi producers have pushed their artistic abilities to a new dimension with this flip. Check it out below and grab the free download here.
