Lights Out (DJ Mehdi Remix)
Monday, July 27, 2009
I love Santigold’s track ‘Lights Out’ and as you all know I love DJ Mehdi, so to see that he mixed that specific song of hers was pretty amazing. And his mix of it is amazing. This mix puts a bounce in your sunny morning step. Mehdi replaces the chunky guitar riff with a bubbling, poppy synthy drum line. In the middle of the mix he showcases his creative talent, by inserting a brilliant devised melodic piece of whispered bongos met with jazz piano key bounces. It manages to stay quite similar to the original, but as all great remixes, tinkers it enough to make it upbeat and original. Minimalism can be grand.
