A track based on a fun sound effect is always fun – whether it be an explosion, a laugh, or a duck quacking. Scottish producer/DJ Chris Lake builds this bouncy new electro track around a squeak noise that sounds similar to the classic “Percolator” by Cajmere. Though it’s thoroughly modern in production style and on trend with everything you will hear right now, don’t be surprised if it mixes perfectly with an energetic record from the ’90s like Phunky Phantom “Get Up Stand Up.” It’s that kind of happy vibe which “Squeak” embraces while staying cool enough for the big name DJs to support. It makes you wonder which vocal track is going to be mashed on top?
Fun dance pop. That’s the best way to describe the new single “Every Little Piece of Me.” The beatless intro sounds like it is going to launch into a remix of the “Let It Go” song from Frozen, but when the energy builds it goes full-on Kylie-esque eurodance pop. What’s weird is that it sounds so familiar but it is also instantly memorable, kind of like that song you hear in the background and start singing along to without even realizing. It’s also kind of addictive because there’s no burnout when you listen to it on repeat. Lovers of dance pop will definitely enjoy “every little piece” of this galactic goodness.
From the ’50s to the ’30s, Mayra Veronica has found a niche and is brilliantly updating iconic music with current styles. As the face for ’50s pinup model Bettie Page’s fashion line, she topped the chart last year with “Mama Mia,” a Latin-flavored jam that started as a club dub and became a pop hit thanks to a topline co-written by Luciana and a sexy video that went viral. For “Mama Yo,” she channels Carmen Miranda and updates her 1939 movie classic “Mam?e Eu Quero” by teaming with ’30s swing revivalists Sweet Life Society and again with Miss Luciana. The results are playful and funky with a modern swing vibe not dissimilar to what Yolanda Be Cool did with “Americano” a few years back. So it comes as little surprise that Mayra reached out to the funky Aussie for a remix and the result is just as fun as the original. The effects and pumped-up energy make “Mama Yo” transcend the swing-house genre to become an instantly memorable pop/dance record that could cross over to mainstream radio all over the world, just like “Americano” did. Don’t worry DJs, if swing isn’t your thing, there are also aggressive electro mixes by the Dutch brothers Ruben and Jente Bootsman, better known as the Boots Men. The bang it out in the traditional Dirty Dutch style while keeping enough of the vocals in place so you know its Mayra in the mix. As Major Lazer says in his track “Buma Ye,” “Watch out for this!”
