Category: Song Of The Day

SONG OF THE DAY: I Am A Camera – “The Legendary Children”

Pop music is cool again. We first heard about the British/Irish duo I Am A Camera when their lo-fi emotion-filled cover of “Rent” by the Pet Shop Boys surfaced online. Digging around, we found more of their tracks (the synth poppy “Factory Boys”) and their sick remix of Lana del Rey’s “Born to Die.” For their big debut pop single, they’ve embraced their inner art pop geek and come up with “The Legendary Children,” a downbeat electropop song with an 80s feel and a modern groove. Equal parts Alphaville and Alphabeat are in the mix. The lyrics are haunting, especially the children’s chorus which has an eerie “The Wall” feel that fits on many levels. Fans of La Roux should definitely be following this duo while the DJs anxiously await the forthcoming remixes by Jodie Harsh, HiFi Sean, and Mark Moore (of S-Express.)

Images courtesy of Tim & Danny/Capitol.

SONG OF THE DAY: Kill Paris ft Marty Rod and Alma – “Falling in Love”

What do you get when you mix glitch and R&B pop? “Falling in Love,” the new single from Kill Paris (aka Corey Baker), seamlessly mashes ’90s-era R&B/pop with subtle glitchy beats. Imagine your favorite old school Brian McKnight or Next love song with a glitchy bassline for an idea.?? Elevating this song from the majority of EDM productions is the radio-quality songwriting and high-quality vocal production. Rather than sounding like an electronic artist trying to make a pop song, it sounds more like a quality pop producer introducing glitch and electro elements into their songs.? The fact that this is on Skrillex’s label OWSLA is kind of mind-blowing as well, since it shows he has an ear for pop and not just club bangers.

Image Courtesy of OWSLA.

SONG OF THE DAY: Breach – “Jack”

What is Jack? Well, let’s start with Who is Jack. In the classic house track “Can You Feel It” by Mr Fingers (aka Larry Heard), Jack is the mythical deity who “declared Let There Be House and House music was born.” Jack as a verb describes dancing to house music and getting it in, so to say. For Ben Westbeech, aka Breach, “Jack” single is a throwback to old school house with the playfully repeated vocal line “I Want your body, everybody wants your body, so let’s jack.” The simplicity of the track is so refreshing that it becomes addictive after the first listen. With the current ’90s house revival, the track’s release couldn’t be more perfectly timed. As classic as “Jack” sounds, the bouncy house groove has enough modern elements and sounds to make it fit in 2013 just as easily as it would have in 1993. The hairy video has gone viral and fits nicely into the video meme that the Duck Sauce guys have been broadcasting (“Big Bad Wolf” and “It’s You”). If house isn’t your thing, check out the Cazzette remix of Ben Westbeech’s last vocal release, “Something for the Weekend,” for some harder beats (and shame on you for not embracing the “universal language spoken and understood by all”).

Images courtesy of Big Beat/dirtybird.