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INTERVIEW: Duane Harden Interview 2014 #NB4U

Nearly 15 years since the release of his first single, the classic ?U Don?t Know Me? with Armand Van Helden, Duane Harden finally releases his debut solo album #NB4U (Naked Before You). In the time elapsed, he has grown into many roles ? singer, songwriter, producer, label mogul, author ? all of which has contributed to his current release.? The album features collaborations with everyone from Ferry Corsten, Sidney Samson, and Louie Vega to Bimbo Jones, Jessica Sutta, and Chris Willis.? There is truly something for everyone on the album.? This kind of diversity of talent is not a surprise, if you take a moment and search for Duane on discogs.com, it might blow you away to see how many incredible records he has been involved with over the years.

DJ Ron Slomowicz: Let?s start with something I?ve been wondering about.? How did the Chicane ?One More Time? collaboration come about?
Duane Harden: Chicane sent me a message and it was the usual process from there. I think he may have gotten the idea from Ferry Corsten because they work together a lot and I did the Ferry Corsten track ?Love Will.? It was my first dive into that genre of music, so maybe he thought it would be a cool idea to do a track with an underground, soulful dance artist.
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SONG OF THE DAY: Little Nikki – “Yo Yo” (Westfunk Remix)

Whenever a remixer/producer says they are going in a new direction, it always catches my attention. Recently, Bimbo Jones unleashed an insanely aggressive electro mix of Zedd’s “Stay the Night” which sounded more like a Beatport big room workout than anything they’ve done since “Questions.” The original version of Little Nikki’s “Yo Yo” sounds like vintage Rihanna (in her “Pon de Replay” mode) with a bit of drum and bass in the mix. Westfunk somehow manages to revive the ’90s pots-and-pans tribal/X-Beat sound (think Razor-N-Guido or “Junior Vasquez”) by infusing it into big room electro and making it sound better than it ever did before… This is coming from someone who detested pots-and-pans the first time around- so for me to say this offshoot is good really is saying something. The vocals sound pristine and the playful theme of the lyrics fits better than you could imagine over the scorching production by Westfunk. I have to admit that pots-and-pans tribal was the one dance music genre that I hoped would not be brought back as part of this current ’90s revival but leave it to the Brits to make it sound better the second time around.

Little Nikki – “Yo Yo” (Westfunk Remix)

Notable Dance Podcast #037

Listen to Notable Dance Podcast #037

Dr Kucho ft Akil Wingote – Louder (Carlos Gallardo Funk is Back)
GotSome ft The Get Along Gang – Bassline (Original)
Fathers of Sound ft Majuri – One Kiss 2013 (Federico Scavo Remix)
Chris Malinchak – If You Got It (Mark Knight)
Merk & Kremont – Zunami
HIIO & Eyedentity – – Bounce With me
SirensCeol – Symphonie
Zedd ft Hayley Williams – Stay the Night (Bimbo Jones)
Kemal Golden and Reid Stefan – Instagram It
Chuckie – Skydive (Vato Gonzalez)
4 Strings – Lights Out
Avicii – Hey Brother (Syn Cole)
Andrew Rayel & Jwayden – Until the End (Original)
New World Sound and Thomas Newson – Flute (original)