i saw the single for olga kouklaki's "getalife" a few years ago and i had never even heard of kouklaki prior but i picked it up on the strength of remixes. when i looked into the single on discogs and on the intarwebs i found out that kouklaki was part of a project called odd and released a record on sumsonic in '03. that track was called "don't look at me" and was cained by many of the top progressive house & breaks dj's at the time.
the artwork for the single was also enticing in the same way as arctic monkey's "whatever people say i am, that's why i'm not" as kouklaki is pictured on a leather couch smoking a cigarette and wearing a "i don't give a fuck" attitude. i don't really smoke or condone smoking either but i'm not going lecture people how to live and i think good photography transcends the horrid choices of living. but it wasn't just for the artwork i bought the single but it certainly was eyecatching.
"getalife" is sort of a body influenced track and i really like the cold nature of the song with kouklaki having the same vicious attitude and vocal styling of caroline hervé aka miss kittin. stepping on remix work is black strobe and volga select or basically ivan smagghe in two different constellations. the black strobe remix is nice weird techno and carries on the body vibe but goes further into darker territories.
volga select, who is a formation with kouklaki's collaborator on the song marc collin, flips "getalife" into a more italo direction. the vocal has been treated a bit but not as much as in the black strobe remix but in general the song is light on the vocal as the melodies are in focus. also thibault barbillon's bassline takes a much bigger place here as it's much more tucked away behind the machine noise and the kick on the original.
smagghe and collin takes some of the best parts on the original and work them well into the mix. they also helped them self out to change the name for the song but make no mistake, it's a remix of "getalife" and it's a very driving piece of italoesque techno.
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