Category: Song Of The Day

SONG OF THE DAY: Bebe Rexha – “Comeback Kids”

When all the stars align, it gets kind of magical. You’ve heard singer Bebe Rexha before, either with Pete Wentz (of Fall Out Boy) in Black Cards on the club record “Dr Jekyll and Mr Fame,” or on the current dance radio hit “Take Me Home” with Cash Cash. She also cowrote Nikki Williams’ crossover pop hit “Glowing.” With her debut solo single “Comeback Kids,” Bebe takes the spotlight, singing about her background and struggles to be where she’s at today. It’s quite the uplifting party anthem which just happens to have a good message in there as well (if you can look past the f-bomb in the chorus). The dreamy synth-pop song is full of hooks that will quickly get ingrained in your head as you find yourself singing along without realizing it. For some reason, the last bridge feels like it would mash perfectly with New Radicals’ “You Get What You Give.” The tonal quality of Bebe’s voice is quite unique, the only comparison I could imagine would be an amalgamation of Neon Hitch, Charli XCX, and Cherry from the Studio Killers. I am hoping that remixes are forthcoming, because even though its danceable at its current tempo, with the right remix, “Comeback Kids” could easily become a massive commercial club anthem along the lines of Icona Pop’s “I Love it.”

Image Courtesy of Bebe Rexha.

SONG OF THE DAY: Andrew Bayer – “Need Your Love”

If songs have seasons, “Need Your Love” is a lazy summer day. AnjunaDeep-signed producer Andrew Bayer has fused chilled-out beats with symphonic chords, a guitar line straight out of a ’60s rock record, and mystical chanting. So kind of like yesterday’s song of the day by Funkerman, a melange of random elements combine to make something that is unique- yet innately familiar. I can imagine hearing this in a cool, off the beaten path lounge, an ultra-hip boutique, or at a clinical spa where you would normally be forced to endure endless Enya; it would work anywhere. Since it wouldn’t work on a big room dance floor, there is also a club mix which keeps the spiritual elements in place as the break for a quite special stadium house track. The original would fit perfectly in a film score, especially with the music video feeling like a trailer to next summer’s big blockbuster family-friendly popcorn movie.

Image Courtesy of Anjuna Beats.

SONG OF THE DAY: Funkerman ft I-Candy – “Wine & Roll”

When we last heard from Funkerman, he was reinventing ’70s disco (“Push Em Up”) and updating an ’80s classic (“White Horse”). For his new EP ‘Wine & Roll,’ there isn’t a single decade in effect as Funkerman is mixing ’70s, ’80s, ’90s, ’00s, and ’10s together in a pot, scrambling it up, and creating a sound that is both familiar and completely whacked-out. Take that as an endorsement and as a challenge. Listen to the track and try to trainspot each element and you will be at your wits end with the way each sound is tweaked just enough to give it an oddly modern retro feel. In just the span of a minute, there are ’90s Daft Punk-esque robot voices, plodding old school underground house beats, glitchy effects, a phat disco bassline, and an ambient passage all behind a ragga vocal that would work on a modern Diplo track. Yet, with all these contrasting elements it doesn’t come off as an esoteric leftfield EDM snob record but as a universal party jam (if simply because there is something in there that everyone will hear that sparks a memory). Remixing this track was going to yield random results – so Peter Horrevorts did it as an ’80s electro track that should have been on the current Daft Punk album and Keljet decided to make it sound like what would have happened if the Visnadi brothers (Living Joy/Alex Party) would have remixed Madonna’s “Secret” instead of Junior Vasquez. Yes, this review is a little bit disjointed, but that’s the kind of the point. Funkerman is making some of the most creative tracks spanning all the genres of dance music. Take a listen to “Wine & Roll” and see what I mean.

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