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General Hype => Music => Topic started by: dirtynumbangelboy on 07/01/14, 13:06
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I readied a buffet of scornful adjectives with which to describe Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke's presumably ill-advised first foray into house music, but in truth this four-track EP for Crosstown Rebels is solid. The title track is half house, half UK garage, with echoing, sunny synths and warm, unhurried percussion accompanying a distorted vocal from Bobbie Gordon. On his gently glowing remix, Recondite boils "Heartbreaker" down into a subtle, pads-led hum that's punctuated by jagged shards of Gordon's vocal.
"God Has A Way" is a straightforward slice of mildly off-kilter house, while closer "Get Up" is the only track that features Okereke's vocals, his heavily filtered "people get up" appeal being stretched over a spare framework of muffled drums and a gently ascending synth. There's nothing ground-breaking here, but neither is there anything that suggests an ego-driven indie rock frontman venturing out of his depth, and for that reason this release must go down as a success.
Source. (http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=14071)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlpXYCceepA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlpXYCceepA)
what do ya think? ;)
Tracklist: Kele Okereke - Heartbreaker
A1 Heartbreaker
A2 God Has A Way
B1 Heartbreaker (Recondite Amati Mix)
B2 Get Up