i was given a heads up on this one recently and the reason i reacted was the magic words "shola ama". her voice in combination of garage or any kind of bass music is perfect. both the dream teem mix of "much love" and the asylum remix of "imagine" is perfect examples of that.
in the case of this one i had problems to decide if i should talk about the original or stickys remix as they both are brilliant. the original has "funky mule" drums and lovely strings but stickys remix has better bass and i think while the higher end is brilliant in both versions it's the low end that seals the deal.
stickys replaces the "funky mule" drums for a beefed up "funky drummer" and that along with toddla t's piano and strings rings to mind another favourite tune from a year ago. emeli sandé's "heaven" and i think it was definantly in mind when this song was finished.
"heaven" has that torchsong feel and "alive" is obviously ama's attempt to say that she's back and that her various problems are done with and nothing is gonna stop her now. now to be really honest i think that "heaven" is a much better song but this is almost up to par.
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