"secret garden" was something i discovered a few years after it's release when browsing the big star records output on discogs. i didn't know about it or "we don' talk" which was the single prior to it. örtz was started as trip-hop act and was by hans hensen and majbritt örtz. they used the tried and tested uk formula of the man making tracks and the woman singing a la lamb & mandalay.
"we don't talk" was taken from their 2000 album "another eden" and i don't know who made the decision but big star picked it up and ordered up plenty of remixes. fellow countrymen brother browns version served as the main club mix but it had versions by fairlite, asle (also danish acts), drax & gooding, kaycee and alaska. the brother brown remix did well on charts and dancefloors and this led to a second single on big star.
"secret garden" in it's original state is something between mandalay's "flowers bloom" & the beloved's "the sun's rising" with a big touch of giorgio moroder, all filtered through a modern progressive house perception. helping out hans hensen on production was brother brown and while the original is nice i think their dub is much better.
apart from the obvious that the vocal being taken a backseat role, the sounds are shifted focus and they use the guitar parts in affect along with the vocals to fit the nature of the track. while the midrange-y bassline is moving the fastest with it's 16th note movements the rest of the track is trawling at a moderate pace. the downbeat is dominated more by the reverbed bongo groove and i think this is done to evoke a dubby soundscape.
it really makes for an interesting track and a great production.
buy here (beatport)
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