Friday, 10 August 2012

varano - leaving my troubles behind (håkan lidbo's hiphouse mix)

i bought this single for "leaving my troubles behind" a few years ago, right after i discovered the single for "dead end street" which i didn't know of but had a trentemøller remix which got me interested. while that was truly a downtempo single with downtempo remixes this had some uptempo versions and featured swedish rapper chords whom i'm a fan of.

the remixes was done by danish act money your love, british house and broken beat producer raw deal and swedish house producer håkan lidbo. i knew of the latter two but i quite like all of the versions on the single but this one has gotten the most play over the years.

it also, unlike raw deal, keeps chords' verses and i like the topic at hand and how he incorporated the same intro, both vocal & musical but then kicks right along. lidbo keeps much of the strings and horns from the original and puts them to good use. the track itself is a textbook cracking house number with some fierce bass and while it's labeled "hiphouse" as it's technically is, it doesn't sound like the late 80's/early 90's kind.

overall it's a great remix of a great track. well recommended.

buy here (itunes)

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