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Booty Luv – Don’t Mess With My Man

Gerard McGarry — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:37:47 +0000

Serial hit recyclers Booty Luv are back next week with their third single, a cover of Lucy Pearl’s Don’t Mess With My Man.

It isn’t a complicated formula – take a bunch of old-but-good dance tunes and give them a slick and sophisticated makeover. What Booty Luv do best is produce already memorable dance tracks with a contemporary twist.

As you might imagine, some purists have a problem with the updating of these classic tracks. Not me. Sometimes you just need a good beat to bob along to, and while I don’t look good on the dancefloor, there’s an audience out there who will just lap this up.

You go girls!

[tags]Booty Luv, Dance, 2007[/tags]

Kosheen – Overkill

Gerard McGarry — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:42:19 +0000

Overkill is the lead single from Kosheen’s third album, Damage.

Kosheen are another of those bands I’ve been vaguely aware of in the past, but rashly written off. The reason I’m saying that is because Overkill is actually quite a good song.

I did a bit of poking around for information about the band and the main thing I discovered is that the singer, Sian Evans draws numerous comparisons with Roisin Murphy.

Overkill has a dark electronica sound with a throbbing bassline and overlaid by Sian’s throaty vocal. It’s almost a rock song disguised as a dance track.

Fantastic track, especially at high volume…

Timbaland ft Keri Hilson: The Way I Are

Gerard McGarry — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 22:12:23 +0000

In this one, Timbaland is giving a bit of a leg up to one of the singers on his Mosley Music record label, Keri Hilson. Can’t blame the guy either, if the rumors that he’s retiring are true, he’s going to want to push his artists pretty hard to keep the dough rolling in.

The Way I Are just screams out Timbaland: you can hear that strong synth running through the track alongside throbbing beats and bass. The addition of Hilson on vocals is a departure from Ms Furtado, and you come away with the feeling that either singer could have delivered the goods on this track.

The pumping (or is that pumpin’) sounds suit the strobe-type effects in the video, and you’ve got Timbaland decked out in a fat cat suit and Hilson looking sexy in a little black dress. I didn’t quite understand the footballers in the video, until I discovered that the video was shot in Manchester in the UK.

Timbaland’s definitely playing to a formula here – you’ve heard that synth on Justin Timberlake’s recent material – but it’s successful for the most part. I’d even wager that this style is starting to gain mainstream traction. Check out the video:

[tags]Timbaland, Keri Hilson, 2007, Dance, Hip Hop[/tags]

Kleerup ft Robyn: With Every Heartbeat

Gerard McGarry — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:35:24 +0000

It would be easy to write this off as one of those repetitive old 90’s dance tracks that has an unknown female singer doing vocals. And in that respect, unless you’re familiar with no-surnamed Swedish singer/songwriter Robyn, this is another dollop of faceless pop.

In fairness, while I found this type of material abhorrent back in the day, With Every Heartbeat is quite a nice song. OK, it probably has more appeal to the Chav population (or Spides/Millies on this side of the ocean), but it’s got a mainstream appeal. Authentic strings and shimmering ripples of electronica running throughout are pleasant enough.

Because it’s totally lacking in any kind of crescendo, it’s the kind of song you’re more likely to fall asleep to. But that isn’t a totally bad thing.

[tags]Robyn, Kleerup, 2007, Dance[/tags]

Eric Prydz Vs Floyd – Proper Education

Gerard McGarry — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 22:25:02 +0000

I finally caught the video for Eric Prydz’s version of Another Brick In The Wall on TMF this evening. Was never a big fan of the original song, but this remix injects some energy into it.

Proper Education is a bit shorter than I remember Another Brick In The Wall being, but it weaves in the original Pink Floyd vocal along with (I think) the original bassline and guitar tracks. Not normally my thing, but this update may actually be better than the original!

The video for the single is pretty cool, featuring lots of kids doing bike tricks and parkour. It gets a bit weird when they start replacing light bulbs and putting bricks in people’s fridges, but apparently there’s an environmental message in the ‘Proper Education’ video and they’re sharing conservation tips:

The bricks are used to reduce energy consumption in the freezer by reducing the amount of free air inside. The brick in the toilet is used to reduce the amount of water used each time the toilet is flushed.

Both of these are great examples small things that individual households can do to conserve resources and reduce by using less. (YouTube)