Dom Dolla - Take It (12")

Dom Dolla has always felt like a Melbourne story told on a global soundsystem, and Take It is the moment that story snapped into focus. Released in October 2018 on Sweat It Out, the label founded by the late Aussie icon Ajax, this track arrived in clubs with the kind of certainty DJs crave. The hook is dead simple but devilish: a pitched, smoky vocal circling a rubbery bassline that slides in and out of the kick like a dancer slipping between bodies on a packed floor. It’s tight, lean, and aimed straight at that hour when your shoes are already wrecked and you’re not thinking about anything except what the next 16 bars might do.

What it does is tease and release. Dom rides a classic tech house architecture, but the details are what keep you locked. The hats are crisp and clipped. The claps sit a touch behind the beat so the groove breathes. That bass talks, almost vowel‑like, as if it’s responding to the vocal’s taunt. The breakdown pulls the lights down, then the drop brings them back up in a wash that always feels just a notch bigger than you remember. It’s a producer flex that doesn’t need to shout. You can hear the hours he’s spent in rooms where the monitors are honest and the subs tell the truth.

Clubs heard it too. Take It didn’t just fill floors, it crossed oceans. In 2019 it hit number one on the US Billboard Dance Club Songs chart, a neat reminder of how far a Melbourne house record can travel when it lands in the right record bags. Back home it became a fixture on the ARIA Club Chart, the sort of tune you’d clock three times in a night from three different DJs, each pulling something different out of its bones. That ubiquity can flatten a track in lesser hands; here, it only sharpened the legend.

Part of the charm lives outside the booth. The official video leans into cheeky horror, with a pair of red lips wreaking havoc on unsuspecting clubgoers. It’s camp, funny, and on brand for a tune that flirts with danger while keeping things playful. Dom’s catalog has always balanced those moods. Earlier, Define (his 2015 collab with Go Freek) hinted at the swagger to come. Later, San Frandisco turned that swagger into a street parade and took home the ARIA Award for Best Dance Release in 2020. Take It sits in the middle, the pivot point, the one that moved him from promising local to global headliner.

Sonically, it still slaps. Throw it into a modern set and it holds its own next to current tech-house heat, but it also brushes up nicely against house classics. The midrange is clean, the top never gets harsh, and the low end is tuned for real rooms, not just earbuds. There’s a reason you still hear it at festival sunsets and tiny basements alike. It’s built to last, and it’s smart enough to get out of its own way.

If you’re crate-digging, you’ll sometimes spot Dom Dolla vinyl tucked into the house section, and it’s always worth a flip. If you can track down Take It vinyl, grab it. This is the kind of 12-inch you want on hand for those moments when the dancefloor needs a nudge from simmer to boil. Fans hunting from afar can buy Dom Dolla records online through the usual suspects, and a good Melbourne record store will point you right if you call ahead. For anyone browsing vinyl records Australia wide, consider pairing it with a couple of Sweat It Out labelmates to build a set that jumps from sleek to cheeky without losing the thread. And if you’re building a deeper shelf, Dom Dolla albums on vinyl and singles sit well next to the contemporary tech-house pack while still carrying that distinctive Melbourne grin.

Take It isn’t trying to reinvent anything. It’s a sharp, confident swing at a timeless target: a house record that actually works on a dancefloor, again and again. That’s why it still hits. Put it on, cue the break, watch the room lean in, then let that bassline do the rest.