first time i heard this one was on radio when it came out in 2009 and it grabbed me instantly with it's dreamy sound and that bassline. i had known of sarah assbring/el perro del mar for her more acoustic indie pop songs and this was none of that.
it came at a time when the sort of balearic sound was sweeping the blogosphere and music nerds everywhere. track was in the lower tempo and rode a slight danceable groove but it also had that big reverbed out sound. i liked this sound a bit also but i favoured atmospheric deep house & techno than this neo-disco dub thing. much like everyone else, i did get into it but later.
assbring said in a radio interview that she was quite into this sound and the music coming from swedish act studio who also hailed from gothenburg. assbring sought him out to initially to do a remix but the conversation between her and studio's rasmus hägg led to a collaboration.
it's pretty much impossible to talk about this track without referencing it's melancholia and that bass. i don't really want to go much into the former as it's a song from a breakup album, the topic at hand speaks for itself the latter however i can be lyrical about as it one of the best basslines i've heard in music for a long time.
to put in terms that may be really pretentious it's the result you would get when combining jah wobble and bernard edwards. it is in it's most glorious state when it's not being passive and following chords and that is generally when sarah assbring isn't singing. i love this song and i love that bassline, problem is that i can't listen to this song in repeated times as it does bring me down.
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