For his next trick, Dom Dolla updates a bonafide banger from his youth — Puretone’s “Addicted to Bass.”
The Australian EDM star drops “Addicted to Bass (Dom Dolla Relapse),” a remix of another classic Aussie track that marks his first release this year.
“This record was quite literally the soundtrack to my childhood,” Dom (real name: Dominic Matheson explains in a statement). Originally released in 1998, “it followed me everywhere as a kid. Despite how immersive it was for me, spending a lot of time overseas as an adult, I was surprised how few of my friends were familiar with it. Fast forward to preparing for my first ever stadium show in 2025. I was toying around with a bunch of remix and edit ideas, going through old playlist of records I loved and I just couldn’t move past it.”
He continues, “almost 30 years have gone by and I truly hope this new version finds an audience who connect with it in a fraction of the way that I did as a kid. The addiction is real.”
“Addicted to Bass” followed Brits, too. Originally recorded by Josh Abrahams and Amiel Daemion (as Puretone), “Addicted to Bass” caught a second wind in 2002, when it went all the way to No. 2 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, edged out by the late Aaliyah’s “More Than A Woman.” Were it not for a leak at retail, which saw “Addicted to Bass” open at No. 68 the previous week, the floor-filler wouldn’t been crowned champion.
Dom got the green light from Daemion and Abrahams, who reckons the new mix “finds the deeper, steamier layers in the song. While staying true to the original, particularly in the chorus, Dom has brought his own dirty funk groove to the party. I f****** love it!”
The fresh version got its first airing last December, when Dom made history with his show at Sydney’s Allianz Stadium. That set, which is now streaming on YouTube, capped a massive year during which Dom was nominated for a Grammy Award; won a slew of ARIA Awards, including the inaugural ARIA Global Impact Award; sold-out two nights at Madison Square Garden and ticked off a bucket list item when he released “No Room For A Saint,” the soundtrack for F1: The Movie.
It’s full steam ahead for Dom, whose itinerary this year includes major festival and headline shows across Asia, Latin and North America, the United Kingdom and Europe, a 13-week residency at Hï Ibiza, and an extension of his residency at LIV Las Vegas.
Stream Puretone’s “Addicted To Bass (Dom Dolla Relapse)” via TMRW Music.
