Category: Song Of The Day

SONG OF THE DAY: Luka Sambe – “Chombo”

Feeling horny?? Here’s one of those tracks that grab your attention the first time on first listen.? Aussie producer/DJ Luka Sambe gives us the horns that are so rarely heard on a big room (except when one of the many remixes/bootlegs of “Pigbag” get released every few years). It’s a mix of trumpet lines and foreign language chatter randomly (yet expertly) placed over a hybrid tribal and electro track.? The track is just so quirky and fresh because it sounds like nothing else out there right now.? DJs looking to change the pace on their floor should drop this as a surprise just to watch people’s reactions.??? The recently released video is a blatant attempt to become an internet meme – a flamboyant asian man dancing in a way that must be seen to believe.? Its similar to the humor of the recent “#Pantsdown” video, except the star is dressed in yellow tights and pink athletic shorts.

Image Courtesy of Exclusive Recordings.

SONG OF THE DAY:? Chris Malinchak – “If You Got It”

Chris Malinchak blew up seemingly out of nowhere last year when “So Good To Me” broke from the blogosphere all the way to radio- and nearly the top of the pop charts.? The uplifting, retro ’90s house record had a silky, soulful vibe helped by the samples from both the ’60s (“If This World Were Mine” by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell) and ’80s (“Back to Life” by Soul II Soul). The?new single, “If You Got It,” continues the vibe with a nu-house (that’s the buzz term for the ’90s-inspired house trend) groove complimented with lyrics reworked from ’60s and ’70s Motown records (Smokey Robinson “Cruisin” and The Supremes “I’m Gonna Make You Love Me”).? The cross-pollination of the eras creates a sound that is uniquely Malinchak as there is no one else making records that sound like this.? If we were in the ’90s, the song would probably be classified as morning music even throughout the tempo is about 120 BPM. For a dubbed out clubbier take, check out the Mark Knight mix. The video also follows the surreal ‘searching for truth’ vibe of the first track – whereas “So Good To Me” was about a little girl searching for her lost giraffe – “If You Got It” shows a guy pursuing a woman who is either already dating his identical twin or himself in a ghostlike, transgressive state.? Yeah, I don’t really get it either, but it actually does fit the lyrics of the song.

Image Courtesy of Relentless Recordings.

SONG OF THE DAY: Kemal Golden & Reid Stefan – “Instagram It”

Instagram is the internet remix of the old adage that a picture is worth a thousand words – capture the moment and share it with the world.? A track is quite similar- create a big hook and build a track around it that will rock the dancefloor.? The duo of Kemal Golden & Reid Stefan create the perfect hashtag track, as their hook (not dissimilar to MGMT “Kids”) is a perfect 6-second length that can easily be captured on a Vine and shared.? The memorable hook is filtered, distorted, replayed, and reassembled in every way imaginable over the five-minute progressive house track.? DJs shouldn’t be surprised if this becomes another one of those tracks that people request by trying to hum it.