

If anyone knows how to bring the vibes, it’s London’s DJ/production team The FaNaTiX. C Dot and Dro have worked their magic on hits by Skepta, Nicki Minaj, Popcaan, and many more, and now they drop a mix that celebrates the city’s Notting Hill Carnival. “As The FaNaTiX, our number one job from the beginning is to give the listener that screw face when the bass drops,” Dro tells Apple Music. “As producers first we’ve always understood what it was that got people going, and now we are transferring that knowledge in our DJ sets.” “We always want people to move, whether they’re in their kitchen making tea and tapping their foot or stuck in traffic and having a full-on skank in their car,” says C Dot. “We want to give people new flavors and a good vibe!” Press play and read on below to see how The FaNaTiX bring those Carnival vibes. The FaNaTiX, Stylo G (feat. Nicki Minaj, Vybz Kartel), “Touch Down (Remix)” “This song changed our lives. The day we made it we had no idea that it would end up with some of the most epic and legendary artists of all time on it.” Pa Salieu (feat. BackRoad Gee), “My Family” “We produced this song and it dropped just at the beginning of lockdown. It was an instant urban classic that to this day we still get told is one of the people’s favorites from us, and we love it too.” Breach, Singing Sweet, Vanessa Carlton, “Jack/When I See You Smile/A Thousand Miles (The FaNaTiX Remix)” “Making a remix, especially when we’re tampering with a classic, is a challenge. We decided to take this foundation dancehall hall of fame song and flip it into Afro/amapiano and to add another epic megahit from the pop world and a completely different era—and made it work. The feedback we’ve had on this song is that we did it justice.” Nicki Minaj (feat. Drake), Rihanna, Vybz Kartel, “Moment 4 Life/Needed Me/Beg You (A Touch) (The FaNaTiX Remix)” “On this, we fused a massive Rihanna hit with the melody line of Nicki Minaj’s ‘Moment 4 Life,’ again on an amapiano drum and log drum pattern, and then thought: ‘Why not throw the Worl’ Boss on there too?’ So we did. One of our party favorites.” K-Ci & JoJo, Fabolous (feat. Mike Shorey and Lil’ Mo), SZA, “All My Life/Can’t Let You Go/The Weekend (The FaNaTiX Remix)” “A modern-day vocal goddess (SZA) mixed with a 2000s-era superstar rapper (Fabolous) over the melodies of one of R&B sensations K-Ci & JoJo’s megahits ‘All My Life,’ with a twist of amapiano, produced by The FaNaTiX: what’s not to like?”