This time, among the best songs of the week, there is an unexpected amount of dance, but also an absolutely wonderful domestic song by Kitty Florentine.
Elkka “Passionfruit (feat. John Carroll Kirby)”
If at the beginning of his career, producer Elkka had a very strong rave style, with each subsequent single more air enters his music. The new single featuring jazz pianist John Carroll Kirby is evocative home, which does less but does more. In its more ecstatic moments, Leon is also very reminiscent of Vynehall’s early records.
Shygirl “Tell Me (feat. Boys Noize)”
I don’t understand why Shygirl hasn’t achieved pop star status yet. He did post-rave it was niche stuff long before it became mainstream, so it has that aesthetic much better than a lot of newcomers. It’s true that new single “Tell Me” isn’t one of her best, but this would fit the bill pop trance currently also broadcast on Power Hit Radio.
Jlin “The Precision Of Infinity (feat. Philip Glass)”
When I saw Jlin’s performance at the Flow festival a few years ago, it was a frenetic, crazy dance in an opaque cloud of smoke, but now there’s been an interesting change. Or rather, deconstructed footwork is still the center of her music, but the new single made together with Philip Glass, in my opinion, is more suitable for an Estonian concert hall than a club. Maybe it’s modern classical music instead?!
Nia Archives “Crowded Roomz”
In an ideal world, I imagine the most popular song in early 2024 would be Nia Archives’ new single, “Crowded Roomz.” This song has it all, from the unashamedly catchy chorus to the catchy jungle‘s drums, also tossed in a smooth pop sauce. The world won’t change and a revolution won’t be made, but somehow I feel very good about this story. And isn’t pop music supposed to provide that feeling?
Joy Orbison “Flight FM”
British dance music today could be explained through dozens of producers, because there are so many smaller and smaller niches, but Joy Orbison is still one of those names that cannot be overlooked. At the heart of his new single “Flight FM” is post-dubstepThe deep bass has been enriched 2 steps‘, but despite these assumptions, the song wanders somewhere in the indefinable thicket of original electronica.
DJ Lag “Hade Boss (feat. Mr Nation Thingz and KC Driller)”
There is too little talk in the music press about what is happening beating“every Durban.” subway‘is, but in light of DJ Lag’s new single, it seems the current wall-shaking bass rumble is moving towards a clearer, airier sound. Or maybe DJ Lag is just getting started beatingTo leave behind? In the end it doesn’t really matter, because “Hade Boss” is still a deliciously juicy dance track.
Kitty Florentine “Balance (feat. Aid Kid)”
Wow wow wow. I don’t know who the producer Aid Kid is, but he’s taken Kitty Florentine’s work to a whole new level right now. The single “Balance” sounds like our Kelela: the voice has been brought to the forefront and to the place of honor, made to shine with pride and loom over an ambient background that does not stop for a moment and does not seem to decide what exactly it wants to be. The best Kitty Florentine story so far, after which I guess the sky is the limit.
Mikael Gabriel – Vox Populi (feat. Nublu)
If someone had told me five years ago that songs like this would soon be played hundreds of times a day all over the radio and in shopping malls, I would have thought that person was a complete idiot. But now we really live in a world where Nublu and Mikael Gabriel come together metal‘I, 8-bit trance‘Me too bridgeIt is part of sacred choral singing, and this is completely normal. I tried it, even four year olds are very enthusiastic about the story.
Dua Lipa – Houdini (Official Music Video)
Could Dua Lipa’s new single have sounded like this if producer Max Martin had given Danny L Harle more say? Listening to the original, I thought that although Harle was introduced as a producer, it didn’t sound quite like him, but in this version he shamelessly turns the song on its head and turns it into a strange hybrid between daftpunk space disco and 80s synth-pop. I didn’t know I needed this kind of Dua Lipa, but it will turn out, I really needed it.
Donato Dozzy “Velvet”
I have a new school techno‘, because there the functionality always tends to overshadow the music, and everything seems too dense, dark and tiring that you usually can’t go beyond a few minutes. The Italian producer Donato Dozzy, in his new album “Magda”, does exactly what I miss most about techno: puts those rhythms environmentalit is iridescent and leaves them calmly alone. Techno no dancing, that’s just how I like it.
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2024-01-23 10:30:00
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