i got the heads up on this one in 2005 and the skinny given to me was that it was gorgeous house stuff and that i should look into the works of jonathan axelsson (j.axel / ronin). i did so and discovered some great tracks including this and "you give me love" and a few others.
but what really surprised me was seeing that axelsson had gotten some of his fellow swedish techno producers to do remixes. most of the guys (pär grindvik, hardcell & devilfish) who did it where known for making much harder techno but people like joel mull (who did a remix with pär grindvik) and henrik b had done housier tracks even though they are associated with that swedish techno sound.
mind you i don't know if all of them have gone into trendier or slower territories after '07 since i really don't kept in touch nor care but i do know that henrik b had a change of sound so the idea of henrik b making house (and deep house) was a little off at the time.
anyhow henrik b's take on axelsson & suryanto's light deephouse-bordering-on-lounge vocal duet tune is a stunning track. he builds up a thicker groove but keeps the atmosphere that axelsson had in the original. much like the original this song is built around the vocal and it even takes a bigger role than the original.
the lush pads set a backdrop to the track while the groove grounds the track. the bassline is quite present since the track still has a stripped down feel. there isn't a heavy amount of useless layers that is meant for the big room soundsystems. it's just is and does what it does quite well. i fell in love with the tune almost on the first listen and i still think it works and should be supported to this day.
buy here (junodigital)
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