Deadmau5 & Kaskade - 'I Remember'
As tempting as it sometimes is to dismiss trancey dance-type music as a shortcut to mindless euphoria, a state of dancefloor-only total excitement, which is scientifically designed to be reached via the simplest of possible means - hi Basshunter! - there's a growing body of musical evidence which proves that other emotions can be found within its glassy crevices.
Take exhibit A here. A straight-from-the-bottom-of-the-freezer shard of spooky mournfulness which would only be suitable to play as a triumphant party tune if it was Casper the Friendly Ghost's birthday and he'd invited the unfriendly ghosts along in an effort to be, y'know...friendly.
And to give the whole thing even more clout, there's a video (available on Deadmau5's site), which, with the help of an amazingly charismatic performance from Stephen Graham, transforms a wafty chillout into a kind of rave call to arms.
It's as if this melancholy, smoky puffball is actually a requiem for lost youth culture, which you'll have to admit, is approximately 10 bazillion miles away from those bendy-over girls in the Eric Prydz videos, and closer in spirit to something like 'Ghost Town' by the Specials.
The good news is it even works without Stephen's terrifying stare egging you on. In fact, if you had a playlist of this, followed by 'Unite' by Burial, something off the last Portishead album and 'Teardrop' by Massive Attack (but NOT any of the acoustic cover versions, which are too nice by half), you'd might end up disappearing into a parallel world, where up is down, the undead roam the streets and Eoghan Quigg is quite good.
Terrifying thought, mm?
Download: Out now
CD Released: May 11th
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BBC Music page
(Fraser McAlpine)
Suite101 says: "danceable yet relaxing lounge house-like feel"
Comment number 1.
At 17:21 10th May 2009, mgracedd wrote:i love this site!!!!
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At 17:46 10th May 2009, Daniel wrote:I'm 5o glad you gave thi5 5ong five 5tar5!!!
I think it's proper mint. Perfect driving tune and dancing tune. Another 5ummer anthem!
5ee what I'm doing here?
God, I'm too hilariou5... :p
Seriously though, It's a cracking tune.
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At 22:51 10th May 2009, Oliviaaa987 wrote:I know you've clearly got ghosts on the brain, as seen with the whole Casper analogy, but I'm not getting your comparison with The Specials. This just sounds like another crap ravey tune, while Ghost Town is one of the best songs ever written, a mon avis.
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At 00:04 11th May 2009, spirit wrote:Very good song... climbing the charts.. shame the review veers and swerves again.. and we get a crafty dissing of Basshunter.... a shout for the Specials...... and a even sneaky mention for Casper....
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Comment number 5.
At 08:30 11th May 2009, hackerjack wrote:Basshunter = trance
:D XD :D XD :D XD :D
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At 09:33 11th May 2009, Fraser McAlpine - wrote:This, my lovelies, is what happens when you are vague with language. An error for which I would be eternally sorry, if it, y'know...mattered.
SO, for the record:
1: 'Ghost Town' > 'I Remember', but the video to 'I Remember' puts this song closer to 'Ghost Town' than to anything featuring ladies in their pants. ClosER, that is, not CLOSE.
2: Good point, Hackers. I got halfway through the sentence about "scientifically designed to be reached via the simplest of possible means" and Basshunter popped into my head. No idea why. :-)
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Comment number 7.
At 20:25 11th May 2009, spirit wrote:Are you actually admitting that you are vague with language ?
Well it's a start........ my lovely ! :D
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Comment number 8.
At 19:53 19th May 2009, U13920072 wrote:Will they be releasing this onto cd single & not just 12" & download? I like to have a physical copy of all my music and will be a shame to miss out on this one. Dont want to buy the album for just 1 song!
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At 12:57 3rd May 2010, BloggingLiam wrote:Saw this guy on Saturday and he was absolutely insane. Put on an amazing show. His stage set up and light show rivaled that of Muse. It was probably better, to be honest. He's a real treat to see live, for anybody.
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Comment number 10.
At 15:38 3rd May 2010, RandomEnigma wrote:Deadmau5 is amazing! But when I saw this in the topical posts section, I thought this was being re-released. Good thing, I'm tired of spouting off about pointless re-releases.
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