stonebridge - put 'em high (axwell remix)

following previous entry it's therese grankvist and stonebridge again but this time the credit list is reversed as grankvist is the vocal feature for this track. stonebridge and grankvist formed a little bond as he also remixed therese's second single "i need somebody" and they collaborated a few times after this. the people behind "put 'em high" is also the same for "monkey" as klas b wahl, grankvist and guitarist george nakas are listed as writers along with sten hallström aka stonebridge.

as for "put 'em high" i think i either heard the song out in the clubs or on radio and i liked it quite a bit. it was stonebridge's hed kandi debut and the record really sounds like something from that label to put it very bluntly, but i wouldn't have said something like that then as i wasn't as much of a toolbag yet. i bought the cdsingle not long there after and at first i geared towards the original album version and jj's club mix as they featured the full vocal.

the single also included remixes by seamus haji, stockholm sound machine (more known as techno akt devilfish), axwell, angello & ingrosso. most would know the latter three as they are one of the biggest entities in dancemusic as of now. but this was ten years ago and stonebridge was the biggest name in the swedish house scene and they were up and coming.

i took a liking towards most of the remixes but in the end i've played seamus haji's remix and axwell's remix the most. the former stayed a bit faithful to the original but took it to a more summery late night approach, where as axwell went for pumping funky house. the music nerd in me must note that the version of haji's remix on my single had less use of the vocals.

axwell's remix took using just the hook and it set it to a groove that had quite of a bump to it as uses of cut up breakbeats and various distinct counter-rhythms. in fact it reminded me a lot of the aestethics of the roger sanchez' remix of wamdue project's "king of my castle", which i also really like. the beginning and the middle without the bassline and four on the floor in full blast makes for a nice transitioning tool into breaks or such. but it's not for just that purpose i work it but the meaty parts are downright funky and i like the playful arrangement. bumping.


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