There are plenty of remixes coming from this song, ranging from Chromeo's synthy remix to some more electro stuff with the Laidback Luke remix. But Chromeo's is too saucy and doesn't keep the bpm at an acceptable level. And the Laidback Luke mix is just a little too electro, and not enough funk.
But the Lifelike remix is just right, mostly. I think the deeper more progressive beat is awesome. But I think the beatsmooshing that's going on throughout most of the beat drops is generally annoying and could have been done much much better (maybe with some lessons from Bmore club), and so it really suffers. And so I've set up plenty of loop cues on the track to try and get the good parts out without including the fancy stuff because i can put that in myself and half the time it sounds better. See if you can figure out where I put them!
Treasure Fingers - Cross The Dancefloor (Lifelike remix) by Iggy
But none of this is really the original artist's fault. When you compare the vocal smooshing in the Lifelike remix to some of Treasure Fingers' original stuff, it's apparent that this guy knows how to arrange his shit. The use of melodic sampling (that the Helenator and I like from pogo) in Lift Me is totally sweet, and the beat and vocals in It's Love are right on. This is the stuff that's stuck in my head now, and probably my roommate's too because it's on my decks every fucking night. Not that I do anything successful with those decks, but it's on there damnit!
Treasure Fingers - Lift Me (Original Remix) by valternylima
It's Love (Original Mix) - Treasure Fingers by arrhythmiamusic
yo dude treasure fingers is doing a thing at u street music hall on january 5th. we're going, right?
ReplyDeletebtw, why the fuck do all the good DJs show up in the middle of the week? i have a job, you know. how else am i supposed to be a sugar mama to the revolving door of men in my life?