jessica folcker - tell me what you like

when this came out it was talked about being one of the last projects by denniz pop before his death. i can't really confirm it as it is a cheiron product like most and the cheiron collective were involved with a lot of productions at the time.

folcker had been part of the artist stable and done vocal work for some of the eurodance projects including dr. alban, e-type, amadin, anna book's 90's revival and leila k. on the latter she sang on being "electric" where folcker's chorus, leila's high energy rap & denniz pop's production is a perfect combination and i love that track to date.

as the story goes, folcker was first discovered when working in dr. alban's clothing store and she was an aspiring singer. i don't know more than that but it did eventually land to her own career and with this track it started with a bang.

it's what i refer to as a near perfect pop song in the cheiron style and it really personified what would come out from that collective. very clean production and instrumentation was was on point but didn't go overboard as it was a vehicle for the singer, not the musicians involved. jessicas singing is like her previous back-up vocal efforts and rings clearly of talent and her voice is nothing short of amazing.

while most of the producers in the cheiron collective had their own style and while max martin where using his old hard rock influences in extremely subtle ways and amatiello & lundin (amadin) were a little more dance oriented, denniz pop had a number of influences and reggae was one that appeared in his productions.

this one included and it can be heard though the piano, the guitar & the bassline although the latter derives much more from funk. song & structure wise it's a fairly standard verse/bridge/chorus/verse thing of the 90's where it wasn't completely a race to get to the chorus within the first 30seconds of the song.

it does start with it but as it's proceeded with beats and an emphasis that it was a just a tease for the verse it doesn't really count, at least in my book. but the reason i mentioned britney's "...baby one more time" is that i noticed that this song and maybe a few others sparked a breakdown trend in the cheiron productions.

they tended to use ambient drops right near the end of the song right before the chorus repeats until fadeout. but here the drop is longer and included singing and it's a classic trick within music but i associate it with dance music where in the late mid 90's, the breakdowns became the focal point of the track.

luckily they didn't pervert those as it happened in dance music. anyhow great song, love it to death

listen here (youtube)