Black Kids Remixed
A little Black Kids on the remix for you. So I’ll be honest, when the Black Kids released their debut album, ‘Partie Traumatic’ (love the name), last year, I wasn’t all that impressed, despite the rave reviews and love from all the cool kids. However, when I heard their songs remixed, I loved what I was listening to.
I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You
Such a simple statement, yet it conveys so much. I think we’ve all been in such a situation, coveting someone with a significant other, where we know we do some things better and therefore must be more worthwhile, and in the world of indie kids, that something is dancing. Don’t give your trump card away, that’s what the Black Kids are saying. This is a colorful song, it starts off with light, quick distorted guitar strumming and is soon aided by a flourishing of sounds; playful synthesizers that sound like strings, solid, firm drumming, heavy bass and cheer like shouts “Dance! Dance! Dance!” It sure as hell is catchy with a technicolor of sounds. For The Twelves mix think ‘Discovery’ Daft Punk; funky, rock synths that make this track the dance floor mover that it was intended to be.
Black Kids - I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You (The Twelves Remix)
Hurricane Jane
Oh Jane, the opposite to I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend… Where the latter was the fast paced, fizz popping, energy rocker, Hurricane Jane is the laid back come down from that wild party. Slow, mysterious, yet sleek. This song is driven by its staccato guitar riff; intriguing and thick. Layered over this is the slow dripping bass line, funk filled synths and wistful girl backing vocals that whisper “You can’t spend the night” before Reggie Youngblood’s vocals burst into the opulent chorus, singing with anguish and frustration “It’s Friday night and I ain’t got nobody”. The Beige mix kick starts your heart with a throbbing bass that pile drives through the rest of the song aided with an equally smart and heavy hitting programmed drum beat.
