Jakatta - From Rio With Love Softly swirling strings, chanting vocals over a steady throbbing beat. Brazilian-inspired flavours recorded in 1979? No, it's from 2000 and it's British. Related posts The Man From Rio You're Gonna Love This I have arrived at OD. Safe and sound...
In the wake of Drake putting out "Girls Love Beyoncé" , a track highlighted by James Fauntleroy's soulful take on "Say My Name", it seems like a serious re-appreciation has swept the globe when it comes to the former Destiny's Child No. 1 single , as if folks had somehow forgot how much the super-catchy take-down of suspicious-acting boyfriends, fueled by Rodney Jerkins' perfectly paranoid-tinged schizophrenic production, represented the finest of post-Timbaland, turn-of-the-century R&B. Buzzing Aussie beat-maker Ta-ku adds his own creative two-cents to the sudden "I (Heart) 'Say My Name' 2K133 bandwagon [...]
System Of A Down - BYOB Daft Punk - Get Lucky
TLC - No Scrubs M83 - Midnight City
Apparently one must keep a constant eye (and both ears) on Montreal remixing/ production phenom Kaytranada , because with the way dude is on his grind, if you happen to turn away for just a second or two, you're bound to miss out on a lot. We last mentioned Kay around these parts last month to gush over his re-edit of Jill Scott's "Golden" , but in the weeks since he has yet to take a pause for the cause, keeping his hustle paws strong with not one, but two stellar tweaks on a couple more [...]
Madonna - Like A Virgin Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven
A month after catching our attention with his impressive remix compilation Still Waiting , Montreal producer Kid Masterpiece has returned ready to spark up a whole new round of baby-making sessions with another excellent R&B track flip. It's Ginuwine's 2003 Top 10 hit "In Those Jeans" that's getting the 'Masterpiece' treatment this time, and while we're pretty sure the original is responsible for a lot of the snotty-nosed 10-year-old's running around working adults' nerves today, we wouldn't be surprised if a few of those tykes ended up [...]
For all those still endlessly grooving their tailfeathers to the thumping house kick of Kaytranada 's remix to Teedra Moses' "Be Your Girl" , the producer has cooked up yet another winner rooted in the best of '002s female R&B, this time tackling Jill Scott's '04-birthed slab of inspira-soul "Golden" . Re-shading the number's feel-good neo-soul shimmer with some neck-snapping drums, alien-esque R&B textures and funky bass work that basically demands one put on the "stank face" when hit with the power of those rubbery groove lines, Kaytranada raises the freedom-celebrating anthem to a whole [...]
While there remains many reasons to have fallen in love with Lykke Li's "Little Bit" on initial meeting, one of the main grabs of the arresting indie Swede-pop ditty was how it made Lykke seem just a tad bit off, the singer's cutesy, kooky delivery paired with the otherworldly allure of that minimalist tribal production shading her brow-raising crush confessional (who could forget the line "And for you I keep my legs apart"?) with a certain creepy darkness that made it sound like a restraining order was due her way any second. Updating the [...]
While the music blogosphere is filled with many copied-and-pasted gushings over certain songs and artists, few things have the power to unite as many giddy bloggers as much as the event-like spectacle of The xx covering...well anything. Oliver and Romy's signature indie gloom-cloaked Valentine's Day remake of Beyonce's "I Miss You" hasn't even had a chance to go cold yet and the duo have returned, working the on-line community into a brand new tizzy over yet another stab at someone else's work. Their "inspiration" this time: "Finally" , the soul/ house-flavored collab between DJ/ producer [...]
Ze Lindao - Aqua De Coco Ze Lindao is Mark Kamins (dj, record producer and one-time boyfriend of Madonna) who sadly died last week in Mexico. I met him a couple of times in Paris about four years ago, going out barhopping and discussing cult records like N'Sil Fik. A great guy. Related posts Times Are Changing Seduction Eurodisco mix Summer mix
For those who've already become bored with the seemingly endless number of producers emerging from the underground and earning heavy praise across the wi-fi wastelands for the way they re-form '902s/ 002s R&B gems in fascinating new shades, then perhaps you might want to hide under a rock, because it's looking like the wave isn't going anywhere anytime soon. New-to-us find, Canadian track-flipper Kid Masterpiece , has been doing his thing for about a year now, specializing in re-draping classic cuts from names like Ginuwine, Ciara, Lykke Li and even Cherelle & Alexander O' Neal in alluring [...]
Teedra Moses may best be known these days as the First Lady of Maybach Music, but long before she was teaming up with Rick Ross & Co. on tracks, the singer-songwriter was making some attention-grabbing strides within the industry, co-penning hit singles for Christina Milian ( "Dip It Low" ) and Trina ( "Here We Go" ) and earning rave reviews on her own for the 2004 debut Complex Simplicity , a solid slab of post-millennial urban contemporary with a classic feel that deserved far more commercial success than it was ultimately handled. [...]
"And the sign said long haired freaky people need not apply", ce gimmick apparaît pour la première fois dans la chanson du combo psyche canadien Five Man Electric Band en 1970, il devient l'année suivante le slogan du mouvement hippie repris en 2004 par Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim . D'abord connu sous le nom The Staccatos, le combo originaire d'Ottawa emmené par le guitariste Les Emmerson devient The Five Man Electric Band en 1969. Les titres "Small Town Girl" et "Half Past Midnight" construisent peu à peu la réputation [...]
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On his debut EP The Stars , 21-year-old London producer Catching Flies specializes in the kind of mysterious downtempo vibe that, with its pitch-shifted vocals and dreamy new age-meets-electronic meandering, feels like the best type of ear hole massage one could have when laid up in the house on a chill, rainy afternoon. While his latest creation, a remix of Jill Scott 's 2004 single "Golden" , isn't an official part of that mini-set, it would comfortably fit in as a bonus cut add-on, Flies taking the original's sunny [...]
It's no argument how much Aaliyah's 2001 single "Rock The Boat" ranks as sensual R&B perfection. One of the maturest offerings from the late great Baby Girl's relatively small, yet very iconic catalog, the track seeped late-night pleasure from its every crevice, coming inches close, if not directly matching, Marvin Gaye's sexiest soul titillations not only from the silken, serpentine way Aaliyah detailed her romantic devotion to a lover while directing his every move between the sheets but also via the summer-splashed production, a throwback to 802s grooves that ebbed and flowed with such eased, liquid-like seduction, it [...]
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