With the sheer volume of electro crossing over and the rising trend of retrotechno, I’ve been waiting for someone to delve further and bring back industrial.? Though he calls it ‘bitchpop,” Canadian-born club kid Velvet Code has unknowingly channelled the vibe of Front 242 on the bridges for his new single “Get Outta My House.”? The story of psychotic love affairs make for a perfect club/pop record, and the aggressive electro beat fits perfectly. The video is even more frenetic, with human Barbie dolls acting out courtship and violent revenge fantasies. The eye-make up makes them look like live action anime characters. Giving someone a hand has a whole new meaning after watching the clip.? DJs, watch out for remixes by Mark Loverush & Timothy Allan and the Wideboys to play in your primetime sets.
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SONG OF THE DAY: Hannah – “Good Feeling”
Disclaimer:? I am a huge fan of Estonian pop tart Hannah and UK garage producers Wideboys.?? So when I heard the two of them were teaming up for an original song, my expectations were high.? “Good Feeling” exceeded my expectations.? Hannah’s effortless pop vocals are sometimes on the plaintive, soothing side – suited to downbeat tracks or Avicii-esque productions, while the Wideboys productions are full-on electro and their signature sound is easily identifiable.? Together they’ve merged their sounds, the summery breezy feel if “Good Feeling” sets the tone for a beachside tea dance as well as a primetime club set.? Hannah sounds really great singing her uplifting lyrics about positivity and happiness over the energetic, yet not overly aggressive or harsh production.? The song itself is kind of a sleeper as in I’ve been playing it since the original promo and it seems to gain more reaction with every play.? It definitely brings good feelings to the dance floor.
SONG OF THE DAY: Cheryl Cole – “Call My Name”
Cheryl Cole and Calvin Harris, what sweet music you make together. Despite that “Call My Name” comes across as a little generic, given the mass amounts of dance music out there, there’s still something undeniably catchy about the track. Harris’ signature production teamed up with Cole’s pop knowhow provide a kind of one-two punch that makes singing along to this track on the first listen both easy and gratifying. When we saw the remix named Royal T Back to 99, we thought it might be a play on the “James Brown is Dead”-sampling “Baby Don’t Cha Leave Me This Way.” Instead it’s a quite pleasing and unique fusion of 2-step garage and dubstep. Both the mixes by Richard Vission and Wideboys are in the aggressive dirty dutch electro style. Richard’s mix is relentless and slightly similar to his banging single with Luciana “When It Feels This Good.” The Wideboys stay true to the original, adding their current sound and a speed-up to silence effect (reminiscent of Moby’s “Thousand”) which sounds insane on a dancefloor. The video is a glorious mumbling of mixed influences – a Marquis de Sade quote, stuttered story intro where she roams through the sewers, allusions to Grease and unabashed 80s styling of flourescent clothing and harem/hammer pants. We Americans really lost out on her lovable madness when she left the judging panel of X Factor. Watching the video makes us wonder if she would have given us the missing Paula Abdul-esque feel. “Call My Name” is the lead single from Cole’s upcoming album, A Million Lights, due out later this month. Is this what we can expect, or a sleight of hand to distract us from even better material to come? Only time can tell but you can bet your britches we are going to be all over this one.
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