Culture Shock - Ohrwurm

Available to buy now: Having made his Ram debut in 2006, it’s been an exciting half-decade for James Pountney. While ’The Bypass’ smashed onto dance floors and into DJs’ record boxes as part of Ram’s ’Dimensions’ series Culture Shock was instantaneously secured as a name to watch. Several collaborations with Brookes Brothers, a succession of smashing solo hits and an outstanding remix for Nero’s chart smash ’Guilt’ later and Culture Shock continues to amaze anyone with a keen ear for beautifully produced and effortlessly unpretentious DB. Infused with progressive electro-house influences and steeped in gentle melodies that stick in your head, Culture Shock is a master of balancing dance floor friendly production and magnificently simple musical elements. Proving that statement true on the A side of the latest Ram single is ’Protection’ is an effortlessly beautiful track that takes Culture Shock trademarks to the next