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In my mind, remixing is all about respect. Taking something that's already there and making it stronger, stamping a different identity onto a song whilst retaining something of the original. The electronic whizz behind Modernaire, Oscar Wildstyle, takes the glorious vocal of the original - arguably Metronomy's best track since You Could Easily Have Me - and imprints his own style on it. Playfulness is the key to all his work to date I feel, allied to a sense of glamour and chic that never gets anywhere near the cheesiness that often undermines glossy electro sounds. Easily the [...]

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