i've been buzzing off this one ever since it graced the national radio airwaves. it was a song that started like any other and then came some piano chords, chopped up drumbreaks a female vocal stab. at the time of the first listen i was not expecting it to be a full on throwback, i already sensed that it was doing a early 90's flirt but then again so has emeli sande, olly murs, axwell, miike snow and a few others already done (in the recent time).
then when the whitney houston sample evolves it eventually unleashes amens on top of the think, hot pants & funky mule drums. the remix keeps the vibe of the original track but turns it, as mentioned, into early 90's hardcore jungle, but with a slight twist.
revival jungle is one of those things that can be tricky as it can be cliché-ridden and a simple flavour of the week. this happens to me with danny byrd's '08 single "shock out", that was a well done and really well produced track. i loved it when i first heard that but the joy of it didn't last long and i have no idea why it didn't give me the satisfaction after the month i really listened to it. even now i think it's a good track but stays there.
i really don't hope this same fate happens to me and the elite gymnastics remix of "sa sa samoa", since i do like it a lot. even though i think the over-compression hurts this song a lot. it sounds rough when the amens come in and when they unleash the metallic reverbed-out cloud of sound in the last quarter it goes into overkill. come to think of it, this will happen...
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