Le Youth - C O O L
#House #Funk #Cassie
A deep and seductive house tune based around an iconic R&B hook, taken from Cassie's "Me & You" and morphed into an androgynous and ethereal vocal, this track is Cyril Hahn meets Bondax, and just as "C O O L" and funky as either act.
John Newman - Love Me Again (Kove Remix)
#DrumAndBass #Rave #Soul
As catchy as "Love Me Again" is on it's own, for those who miss John's bluesy voice on a high octane track, Kove gives the singer's debut single a euphoric D&B rework, and true to form, John's voice suits the style so much you could be fooled into believing he'd hooked up with Rudimental again.
DJ Fresh & Diplo feat. Dominique Young Unique - Earthquake (Golden Boy Remix)
#House #90s #HipHop
From one dance trend to another, Golden Boy's early 90s house rave vibe miraculously transforms the trappy hip hop of the original "Earthquake" into something that brings to mind a grainy music video of boys and girls in dark glasses, tie-dye and platform shoes voguing round a psychadelically decorated room.
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Friday, 5 July 2013
Wednesday, 26 June 2013
EXS - Sunshine (feat. Jason Jones)
It's not uncommon for drum & bass acts to revel in the summer months, with big commercial D&B anthems such as "Hot Right Now", "Out The Blue" and "Feel The Love" having gleefully soundtracked the last couple of festival summers, but rarely is a tune so blatant in its target audience, and indeed target season. UK electronic duo EXS team up with the gravelly voiced Jason Jones, another in a string of bluesy male vocalists to add to the Drum & Bass feature singer elite, to create something blissfully euphoric. Loosely channelling Bob Marley's famous "The sun is shining" refrain may seem like a cop-out chorus move, but any cynicism is lost midst the impossibly bright pads, breakneck beats and ethereal voice of Jason Jones, who goes through impressive runs as if he's training for a marathon.
FOR FANS OF: Rudimental, Sub Focus, DJ Fresh
FOR FANS OF: Rudimental, Sub Focus, DJ Fresh
Saturday, 18 May 2013
Party Tracks of the Week!
Avec - Disappearer (feat. Jake Shears)
#House #Disco
Two deep house DJs, Doorly & Shadow Child, come together to make something shamelessly camp and insanely addictive. 90s piano house, gibberish vocals and a whole load of glitter.
DJ Fresh vs Diplo - Earthquake (feat. Dominique Young Unique)
#HipHop #Trap
The distinct blitz sirens of "Earthquake" have made the rounds already this year. First heard as the backing track of Angel Haze's middling Azealia Banks diss, then Diplo starts dropping it as an instrumental during sets, and now the track finally officially drops with a more tribal feel, more drums, and the cheeky, energetic DYU providing MC duties without attempting to do battle with the track's unrelenting stomp.
T.E.E.D. - Your Love (Fake Blood Remix)
#House #Rave #Electro
One of the dance anthems of 2012 with a typically weird refix from electrohead Fake Blood. Vocal samples dance drunkenly around, kick drums stumble over each other and a series of filthy basslines battle it out. The track retains it's euphoria, but in an altogether darker, more apocalyptic context.
#House #Disco
Two deep house DJs, Doorly & Shadow Child, come together to make something shamelessly camp and insanely addictive. 90s piano house, gibberish vocals and a whole load of glitter.
DJ Fresh vs Diplo - Earthquake (feat. Dominique Young Unique)
#HipHop #Trap
The distinct blitz sirens of "Earthquake" have made the rounds already this year. First heard as the backing track of Angel Haze's middling Azealia Banks diss, then Diplo starts dropping it as an instrumental during sets, and now the track finally officially drops with a more tribal feel, more drums, and the cheeky, energetic DYU providing MC duties without attempting to do battle with the track's unrelenting stomp.
T.E.E.D. - Your Love (Fake Blood Remix)
#House #Rave #Electro
One of the dance anthems of 2012 with a typically weird refix from electrohead Fake Blood. Vocal samples dance drunkenly around, kick drums stumble over each other and a series of filthy basslines battle it out. The track retains it's euphoria, but in an altogether darker, more apocalyptic context.
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
Amelia Lily - Party Over
Every now and again I have to defend a pop song purely on its cheese merit. And "Party Over", the latest single from the not-quite-branded Amelia Lily, has a cheese distinction. DJ Fresh-tastic drum & bass lite, with jolly synth chords, lyrics pulled from a hat, and a yelpy vocal hook that has definitely been nicked from somewhere, but it's actually the best single she's released yet.
"You Bring Me Joy" was, for me, neither here nor there. It was bizarrely quite well received, though how some people managed to compare it to Robyn is beyond me. Maybe another singer could have made it emotional, but 18 year old blank canvas Amelia made it patently obvious that it was a song with 3 notes in it. "Shut Up And Give Me Whatever You Got" (*takes breath*) could well have been the wording to a question she asked Kelly Clarkson's songwriters. The flaccid electro-rock anthem has "whatever you got" written all over it.
In reality, the chirpy, gutsy Amelia is not perhaps as edgy as her management would have us believe. So "Party Over", with its fist-punching anonymity, ends up suiting her the best by a mile. It also sounds like its the most fun she's had since her first X Factor audition.
Whilst the public seem to want her to follow in the footsteps of powerhouse vocalists such as Clarkson and even Aguilera, the fact is, she's much more likely to succeed if she averts her focus to someone like Rita Ora. No pretense, no discernible personality, just the fun-loving face of vacuous party anthems. At 18, she's got plenty of time for the heavy-going stuff later on in her career. Party first, soulsearch later.
FOR FANS OF: Rita Ora, DJ Fresh, Ayah Marar
"You Bring Me Joy" was, for me, neither here nor there. It was bizarrely quite well received, though how some people managed to compare it to Robyn is beyond me. Maybe another singer could have made it emotional, but 18 year old blank canvas Amelia made it patently obvious that it was a song with 3 notes in it. "Shut Up And Give Me Whatever You Got" (*takes breath*) could well have been the wording to a question she asked Kelly Clarkson's songwriters. The flaccid electro-rock anthem has "whatever you got" written all over it.
In reality, the chirpy, gutsy Amelia is not perhaps as edgy as her management would have us believe. So "Party Over", with its fist-punching anonymity, ends up suiting her the best by a mile. It also sounds like its the most fun she's had since her first X Factor audition.
Whilst the public seem to want her to follow in the footsteps of powerhouse vocalists such as Clarkson and even Aguilera, the fact is, she's much more likely to succeed if she averts her focus to someone like Rita Ora. No pretense, no discernible personality, just the fun-loving face of vacuous party anthems. At 18, she's got plenty of time for the heavy-going stuff later on in her career. Party first, soulsearch later.
FOR FANS OF: Rita Ora, DJ Fresh, Ayah Marar
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