bought the song and single in one of the stores on st. eriksplan (stockholm) in '04-'05, can't remember which because i've bought a lot from the three-four stores in that area. i think i picked it up on the strength that rasmus faber and alf tumble was on production. i don't remember if i'd heard of melo but i think he was starting to become a name on the scene.
the curiosity of this track however is the fact that it's 2-step with swedish vocals, the former isn't surprising (in retrospect) as i found out later that tumble and faber but mostly tumble had dabbled with 2-step around the 2000's.
but with swedish vocals and it's the same style of r&b vocals that have been cut up and shaped much like how the uk producers used to do, left me thinking "huh" on the first listen. reason being is because hearing this kind of music but not with english vocals is wierd, it was like that when people heard the first hiphop song on swedish or r&b song or soul song in swedish.
but it's only weird since the music is so associated with another country and in the case of 2-step and garage, that's the uk and this track really tries to sound the uk. but with a swedish vocal. it took a few listens to get over that but after that i was vibing to it because it was a nice bumping piece of 2-step.
the other weird thing was that i was picking up on 2-step and whatnot in 2005 when that the whole hype of that music had died and the music was becoming what is now 4x4, grime and dubstep. yeah, this track is quite an oddity but a cool one.
listen here (grooveshark)
oh since i mentioned r&b, soul and hiphop in swedish. my opinion is that swedish hiphop is awesome and was nice even when everyone wanted to sound like americans. but soul and r&b in swedish (when trying to sound american) is still a quite a joke and there has only been a few records that's been good.
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