Monday 4 March 2013

michelle owen - perchance to dream

because klas lindberg aka sasse is currently digitising all of the back catalogue on moodmusic i have been flooded with all sorts of tracks on the soundcloud stream as i'm following him there. generally lindberg puts up samples to new releases and i quite like the output from the label but samples are also being provided for the backcatalogue as well.

one of them that i might write about later was tuomas salmela's "roadnites" that was on a compilation and was previously unavailable digitally. then i heard some other track called "perchance to dream" and it was first the name chez damier that stopped me in my tracks as damier provided a few classy remixes. after listening a few times to damier's dub mix that i liked the most i wanted to hear how the original sounded and it did blow me away of it's awesome.

the track opens up with a piano motif that is carried throughout and it's almost the dominant force and drive but then a juggernaut of a bassline is introduced. fact is that plays the same notes as the piano but it's more swinging and the impact is stronger when it kicks back in after the small breakdown. it even shows it's strength prior to it when owens is drowning the piano in reverb as it going to drop and it stands clearly on amongst the haze.

i also really like the second part of the track as it progresses in a similar way but where this starts from the bare rhythm and has the piano growing in and then fade out near the end. very well produced track and where the melodic element is strong but not domineering and the groove is sturdier than a technichs 1200.

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