Don Quijote X BeatRehab

Our love of Snakehips here on CasaSwoop is not exactly a private sentiment. Let's just say that we have a long history of supporting the silky smooth R&B remixes of this fantastically talented British producer. Snakehips yet again knocks a remix out of the park with a sultry take on an already velvety original by Lion Babe. The original "Treat Me Like Fire" is a thoughtfully constructed piece relying on muffled bass and percussion and an inspiringly sexy lead female vocal. The track is simple. You're met at the beginning with a nice set of muted piano chords and a simple clap track. Right off the bat you become aware of the fact that the vocal will be the star of this track.  From a production sense, the vocal is much more pronounced (simply by being louder) than the instrumentation. It doesn't really need much more than the support it gets to give off a pleading yet confident tone. Honestly, there's not much change from the beginning to the end of...

"Say My Name" might be the most over-remixed song in the history of electropop. I wish I could tell you why. I guess from a nostalgic standpoint, this song holds a special place in pretty much everyone's heart aged 19-28. It has an amazing vocal (times 3 really, hooray girl bands), a pretty fantastic percussion beat, and a wonderfully funky wah wah rhythm guitar. Let's clear the air, I'm the first person to stand up and say that popular music, for the most part, lacks any real musical substance. When I hear some prepubescent boy say "baby" and "oh" more than 10 times, I have to physically hold back from strangulating myself. That being said, this song is decidedly NOT that. Anyway, I'm not going to sit here and talk about a song we've all been listening to for over a decade, what I  will talk about the Parisian producer, A.L.V.Y's, progressive dream pop take on the R&B classic. This remix is wonderfully balanced. It doesn't...