Uploaded January 2011 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Now out on iTunes: urlm.in/hbsb
Full release with remixes by Canblaster, Yolanda Be Cool, Will Bailey and Para One is scheduled for 21/02/2011!
Rockabilly and Dance Music.At first glance, not a likely pairing. And yet both have roots in the seedy club underbelly: smoke-filled back rooms and underground drinking dens, coiffed, leather-jacketed masses moving to a propulsive beat. Both born of late night rebellion, youth culture and the rhythmic pound of the bass.
New York native Luca Venezia, aka Drop The Lime, was brought up on a staple diet of Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison and Richie Valens, and learned to play guitar and sing from a young age. Like every kid, he wanted to be a rock star. Fast-forward a few years and a love affair with club music -- specifically the UK-centric sounds of drum'n'bass, jungle and 2step garage -- soon began, solidified by a short move to Berlin and an immersion in house, techno and the never-ending warehouse parties the city is famed for.
But the tattooed, Brylcreemed Venezia -- every inch the '50s teen idol -- never lost his love for the sounds he grew up with and 'Hot As Hell' is testament to that. As a producer who nearly always includes a Rockabilly segment in his DJ sets around the world, it was only right that he should bring it all together in a track that sees him singing like Gene Vincent on amphetamines over an endless harmonica loop and one of the killer breakdowns he's famous for.
Drop The Lime is spearheading a new sound. Is it Electrobilly? Rockabass? Who knows... but one thing's for sure -- we'll be dancing to it.
Now out on iTunes: urlm.in/hbsb
Full release with remixes by Canblaster, Yolanda Be Cool, Will Bailey and Para One is scheduled for 21/02/2011!
Rockabilly and Dance Music.At first glance, not a likely pairing. And yet both have roots in the seedy club underbelly: smoke-filled back rooms and underground drinking dens, coiffed, leather-jacketed masses moving to a propulsive beat. Both born of late night rebellion, youth culture and the rhythmic pound of the bass.
New York native Luca Venezia, aka Drop The Lime, was brought up on a staple diet of Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison and Richie Valens, and learned to play guitar and sing from a young age. Like every kid, he wanted to be a rock star. Fast-forward a few years and a love affair with club music -- specifically the UK-centric sounds of drum'n'bass, jungle and 2step garage -- soon began, solidified by a short move to Berlin and an immersion in house, techno and the never-ending warehouse parties the city is famed for.
But the tattooed, Brylcreemed Venezia -- every inch the '50s teen idol -- never lost his love for the sounds he grew up with and 'Hot As Hell' is testament to that. As a producer who nearly always includes a Rockabilly segment in his DJ sets around the world, it was only right that he should bring it all together in a track that sees him singing like Gene Vincent on amphetamines over an endless harmonica loop and one of the killer breakdowns he's famous for.
Drop The Lime is spearheading a new sound. Is it Electrobilly? Rockabass? Who knows... but one thing's for sure -- we'll be dancing to it.
