Tuesday 17 July 2012

culture beat - rendez-vous (jazz version)

the original was a song that i heard on radio in occasions back in '98 and the name of the song escaped me for years. it still lingered in my mind for a while but i had no clue about it until i heard it on youtube a while back and it all made sense again.

in terms of eurodance culture beat was an act that i liked but i wasn't on their radar when fenslau wasn't producing. but i fail to see how i missed this as kim sanders is on lead vocals and she is without a doubt my favourite singer when it came to eurodance. or any type of music as she's done jazz and electronic music but i know her most for "tell me that you want me" which is one of my favourite eurodance tracks.

anyhow, after hearing the original i wanted to hear some of the remixes and the one that popped up as the oddest of the bunch was this one. to be honest i prefer this to a type of version that could have been done a few years after, being "the candlelight mix". which is a glorified downtempo mix of any dance track where the beat is either taken off or done in halftime and the vocals being really upfront.

this comes with a complete different backing and sets the song in a smooth jazz setting which is without a doubt cheesy but i love this song so i'm swallowing the gouda. but bear in mind that it isn't for the kenny g-esque noodling saxophone that i'm highlighting this track, it's sanders vocal take.

she delivers a fairly trite lyric about conditional love in a way that is gorgeous and way she does those adlibs where she mimic the melody is great.

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