Notable Dance Podcast #022

Chris Malinchak – If You Got It
Hot Natured – Isis Magic Carpet Ride (Lee Curtiss)
Eelke Kleijn ft Treson – Stand Up (Extended)
Bizarre Inc – Took My Love (MK Dub)
Inner City – Good Life (Markus Lauc)
Denzal Park ft Eyelar – Look Back (Original)
Adrian Lux – Damaged (Marcus Schossow)
Mercer – Supreme
Alex Guesta – The Scream
Showtek ft We Are Loud & Sonny Wilson – Booyah
Quintino & Blasterjaxx – Puzzle
Savoy & Heather Bright – We Are the Sun
Moby – A Case For Shame (Spartaque)

SONG OF THE DAY (SUNDAY FUNDAY): Nikki Williams – “Glowing (Remixes)”

Ask and ye shall receive.?? About two months ago, I wrote up “Glowing” as an enchanting europop song with electro beats and asked for remixes. Well, remixes by Cazzette, Danny Verde, and Fedde Le Grand surfaced and were heard all over Miami during the Winter Music Conference.? Avicii proteges Cazzette go the stadium house route, adding in some unique ’90s trance-influenced synths.? Danny Verde fuses modern tribal beats and progressive keyboards for a big room monster that will work on dance floors everywhere.? Fedde Le Grand mimics the duality of the original (pretty and hard) with euphoric, angelic energy, balance with grinding electro passages.? It’s a strong remix package that will help get Nikki Williams club play to boost the buzz from her internet buzz videoclip “Kill Fuck Marry.”? Speaking of which, remixes by Bob Sinclar and Adrian Lux of “KFM” have surfaced as well, and while they aren’t the most dancefloor-friendly, both are great interpretations of the quirky, fun love song.

Image Courtesy of Island/Def Jam.

SONG OF THE DAY: Rebecca & Fiona – “If She Was Away”

Seems like this summer has been a deluge of Rebecca & Fiona singles? – “Dance,” “Hard,” “Bullets,” “Jane Doe,” and, of course, “Turn It Down” with Kaskade. The Swedish duo, assisted by “Teenage Crime”-producer Adrian Lux (who is dating Rebecca), continues their streak of intelligent dance pop singles with “If She Was Away.”?? Pumping up the tempo for a jump-up ’80s vibe (think “She Bop” or “Material Girl”), ?the modern electronic groove is the perfect bed for the duo’s breathy, almost dreamlike vocals.?? If you liked the eighties grooves of their past songs, you will love this.? If you haven’t heard their past singles, take this as an invitation to do so. Their debut album, ‘I Love You Man,’ is quite a wonderful collection of modern electropop, and for those us of jonesing for a new Robyn album, it makes for a nice way to satiate our appetite.

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