Oxia
Few tracks in French house music carry the weight of Oxia’s ‘Domino.’ Two decades after its release, the track is getting a new lease on life courtesy of Ares Carter, who has stepped up to remix the cut for its 20th anniversary. For anyone who came up on peak-time tech-house sets in the 2000s, ‘Domino’ needs no introduction. Released in 2006 on Kompakt, the original became one of those tracks that transcended its own scene a hypnotic, stripped-down groove built around a looping vocal chop and a bassline that DJs from Sven Väth to the Circoloco crowd couldn’t resist dropping into their sets. It’s the kind of record that still gets a reaction on a dark, sweaty dancefloor at 3am, regardless of whether the crowd was even born when it first came out. That kind of longevity is rare in dance music, where trends cycle through in a matter of months. ‘Domino’ is one of a handful of tracks alongside things like Booka Shade’s ‘Mandarine Girl’ or Hot Since 82’s ‘Eppy’ that has become shorthand for a specific era of minimal-tinged tech-house, and its influence is still audible in plenty of records coming out of labels like Life and Death or Innervisions today.Handing the anniversary remix duties to Ares Carter is a notable choice. The producer has built a reputation within house and tech-house circles for a sound that respects the groove-driven foundations of the genre while pushing things in a more contemporary direction, making him a fitting pick to reinterpret a record this foundational without losing what made it work in the first place. Anniversary reworks of this kind serve a dual purpose. They introduce a defining record to a new generation of listeners who may only know ‘Domino’ through samples or edits circulating on TikTok and Instagram Reels, while also giving longtime fans a reason to revisit the original and appreciate how well it holds up. It’s also a smart move for labels sitting on catalog gold reissues and remix packages have become a reliable way to keep older records relevant in playlists and on streaming platforms.
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