Justus Reworks DJ Hyperactive’s ’90s Classic ‘Wide Open’

Justus has put his own stamp on one of techno’s ’90s staples. The Dutch producer’s new single ‘Open Wide’ arrived today via Layton Giordani’s label MADMINDS, reworking DJ Hyperactive’s classic ‘Wide Open’ into a peak-time cut built around a rolling groove and steady, driving momentum.

The original ‘Wide Open’ is well known to anyone versed in techno history — Hyperactive has been a fixture of the Chicago underground since the early ’90s, counted among Daft Punk’s so-called “Teachers,” with more than 100 releases and three decades of sets at venues like Berghain, Tresor and Movement…