Don Quijote X BeatRehab

This is a CasaSwoop rarity, but we're actually reviewing a song the day it's been released, which is unfamiliar territory because we tend to do in depth reviews, but we feel this is a worthy opportunity because this track is right up our alley. Parisian producer, Montmartre, has long been a regular on CasaSwoop because of his silky smooth melodies and rhythmically complex chill wave productions. Previous hits of his have been relaxed ballads like "Inside of Me" and an inspired rework of Bob Marley's "Is This Love" (these will be linked below as well). Unfortunately, we don't have the original of "Out of Violence" as it hasn't been released yet, and yet we have this teaser remix from Swedish DJ/Remixer extraordinaire Tobtok, also a CasaSwoop staple. Judging from the preview that MontMartre posted, the original is a jazzy, upbeat quasi-dance track. There's an inherent bounce in the rigidity of the synth line, which makes it nearly i...

I was looking back through our previous reviews and I recently realized that we've never reviewed a Sam Smith track. This is neither good nor bad, but interesting given his almost ubiquitous usage in electronic music in the last year and a half. So I suppose this is as good a time as any, especially since POMO threw out this disgustingly good remix 4 weeks ago. So those of you who scoff at the idea of someone as "mainstream" as Sam Smith on CasaSwoop, check yo' self. Let's start with Sam Smith's original, although to be fair there's really not much to say from a remixing perspective since it's a pretty simple track (simple does not mean bad, just simple). It listens like an Alicia Keys R&B slow jam, but there's something decidedly different about it. Here are the facts: there are only 3 real elements in this track, piano, drums, and vocals. But when you have a voice like Sam Smith's you really don't need much more, and by god does he...