South London producer Fred again.., the Grammy Award-winning architect of diaristic club music, revisits his 2022 cut ‘OK OK’ with a new remix from longtime collaborator and tourmate Hamdi. The track serves as an early preview of the forthcoming USB002 REMIXES project, reframing a fan-favourite through a far heavier lens.
The original paired JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown’s unmistakable vocals with a low-slung, trap-leaning pulse. Hamdi, a Bristol-born producer closely associated with the city’s bass lineage, pushes that foundation toward sub-pressure extremity. Known for breakout tracks that revived UK dubstep’s physicality for a new generation, he approaches ‘OK OK’ with tense restraint before unleashing weight.
The remix opens in spacious territory: vocals stretch with cavernous reverb, ad-libs ricochet through negative space – but then the low end arrives. The sub-bass doesn’t simply drop; it descends, thick and tectonic, pulling the track into darker terrain. Where Fred again.. favours emotional lift and melodic catharsis, Hamdi opts for density, grit, and impact. The drums snap with percussive clarity, but it is the bass that dominates, grinding beneath the mix with controlled, teeming force.
Crucially, the remix never loses sight of the source material’s tension. JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown remain central, their elastic flows cutting through the murk. Hamdi reshapes the environment around them rather than overwhelming them, transforming the track into something primed for sweat-heavy club systems and late-night festival stages.
This remix is a meeting of two UK electronic sensibilities: Fred again..’s emotionally attuned songwriting instincts and Hamdi’s soundsystem pragmatism, creating a sonic pressure test that you will feel in every cell of your body.
