Duke Dumont and A*M*E - Need U (100%) - Rolling UK dance pop interzone thread

this mediocre vocal performance really propels this mediocre uk house track to new heights of mediocrity

the skream mix is quite awful

Yeah I'm not mad keen on this either, certainly in comparison to White Noise which really deserved to be #1.

Do Gorgon City fit in somewhere here as well? That tune has been getting mad 1xtra play lately.

and it's not that i have anything against garage revival x 90s house revival, i just don't see what's so great about this song

compared to au seve or street walker or whatever

Do Gorgon City fit in somewhere here as well? That tune has been getting mad 1xtra play lately.

― Matt DC, Monday, 8 April 2013 20:49 (26 minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah, kind of - 'need u' was cowritten by mnek, who along with gorgon city is part of rudimental's black butter stable. black butter have near enough singlehandedly (albeit strongly enabled by mistajam and then radio 1's decisive support and playlisting) created/curated a sort of new uk dance pop interzone where songful tunes touch on various amorphous dance flavours (garage, to brostep, to dnb, to trap, to boogie, to just cute blippy stuff, to whatever etc) without ever placing them too strongly in discouragingly specific context; sort of a 86-93 chart spirit with modern tools. it doesn't really lend itself to shorthand but the more you listen the more you get it - there's lots around, and it feels to me like a very mini golden period right now.

I really like this Krystal Klear & Jenna G one that r|t|c referred to on the Jessie Ware thread:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vpDHSxE_gU

xp, aye Black Butter's turned out to be a really nice label. Must admit I was a bit underwhelmed when they first came out after being a big fan of Rudimental's funky stuff, but they've grown on me. Gorgon City, Lulu James, Kidnap kid etc have all done lovely stuff and I think Woz in particular is awesome (though he's more harder edged than the aforementioned).

anyway chuffed to see need u at number one, kinda makes me wish something like this had happened for funky a few years back but hey-ho...

That Krystal Klear/Jenna G thing is even better than need u. Be interesting if this stuff manages to catch any of the surf from the forthcoming Daft Punk Disco Leviathan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GElrc2ikqIo

this one's a good literalisation of how this thread's specific concerns come out of the wider vibe

I have been playing zero attention to Black Butter while separately enjoying Kidnap Kid, Lulu James and Gorgon City (plus Rudimental obviously) so for there to be some kind of gravitational centre to all this makes me happy.

Was last year's Tensnake/Syron track a hamfisted pitch to this territory as well or just a coincidence.

'ONE HUNDREET' - track would be slightly less pants if she could pronounce the word correctly

xp depends on your attitude to coincidence really, heh. syron is signed to black butter too (maybe this is what you meant already) but otherwise not a direct pitch i'd have thought

"some kind of gravitational centre" is definitely the way to be looking at it rather than territory though yeah

all of these tracks are nice but katy b is just gonna wipe the floor once her new stuff comes out, right

it's certainly the most amenable climate there's been for her to return to. could do really well if she gets it right

That Devolution track is great - I listened to the second Black Butter comp on the way home yesterday and 'If You Believe' and 'Listen To The Badman' are also straight up bangers.

In all honesty I like most of the stuff mentioned on this thread more than Need U.

South Soul Project stuff also sounded great.

is there a catchy genre title for all this stuff? seems like a more hooky spin on deep house

i like the duke dumont like okay, it's fine - weirdly this is ny type stuff but reminds me of the same sort of sound, but it's better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irBwhhFum6s

*stabs NI in face*

stab house, i dig it

"Street Walker" isn't nearly as good as this one

that Skream Rudimental remix is so good, I had gathered that he'd been stepping things up recently but had no idea he'd gone in this direction.

This is what I get for taking my eye off the ball but I had a mad Black Butter binge over the last couple of days and I love this record's entire aesthetic. "86-93 chart spirit but with modern tools" is very OTM.

Is there enough going around in this vein to merit a rolling UK pop-house thread?

i sort of intended this to encompass all that, maybe the title can be edited to that end

"... love this LABEL's entire aesthetic", even.

xp Yes, it needs its own thread, or a re-edit of this one's title. Lots of good stuff happening.

haha late great harking back to the glory 2005 years of ilx, on steroids. hats off

house is a feelin (of violent outrage)

Hate Can't Turn Around

the gorgon city/yasmin single is AMAZING

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4__q9CapVo

Yeah that's the track that provided the penny-dropping moment for me. This Lulu James track is good as well:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVtuluGSG7Y

I suppose we're at the tipping point that I naively thought funky would bring around in 2008*, the final return of a decent chart-friendly vocal house music that feels UK rather than euro in its approach. Like a lot of this stuff has the same modern DNA as the UKG interszone but takes it in a different direction.

*I suppose it did in a way, but via a very roundabout route.

That Devolution track is great - I listened to the second Black Butter comp on the way home yesterday and 'If You Believe' and 'Listen To The Badman' are also straight up bangers.

The "Bass Drop Mix" of "Listen to the Badman" in particular is (((((|O_O|)))))

But loving this "The Finest" rip too.

Pete Fucking Devereux!

Ed Case also has been doing some fine work in this arena e.g. "Turn My World Around (Deep Mix)".

another one of these choons from disclosure https://soundcloud.com/disclosuremusic/you-me-soundcloud-edit

I feel like this one fits:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxHtclUAyLo

spotify playlist:

uk pop-bass house bubblers

(100% isn't on spotify??)

I've added some stuff to that as well.

isnt 'so close' lovely

and rudimental top of the charts again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd0cT7Dnpt8

meanwhile straight in at 17 is this delightfully fanciful little thing

shades of ztt imo

in a way, i think that might be my fave song of the year tbh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hut5E5bezsk

and they have a super pretty remix of the aforementioned #1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VoAqNNTEa0

which on the ep admittedly pales in the shadow of this piece of utter brilliance

clean bandit have proven divisive in my office, which i can only see as a good thing. i am firmly in the "yes" camp. on paper it shouldn't work at all but it just does.

The "Bass Drop Mix" of "Listen to the Badman" in particular is (((((|O_O|)))))

No way is this better than the original version with its ridiculous rave chords and disembodied diva vocals.

xp yeah, absolutely. as an actual chart thing it is just such a non sequitur that it's impossible not be disarmed, and then from that there's a frisson that comes from having your nose tweaked aesthetically

like i mean if you heard it and felt proven right, about life and stuff, then ur totally a disgusting savage. (ie i must get round to the grim task of seeing what popjustice think)

i guess it's just the difference between being playful and being the one note wacky tie office joker

same vibe that couches the central conceit of 'spoons' (ie, literally the spoons) as lightly punning kitchen sink melodrama moreso than pure gimmick

'spoons' kinda reminded me of something steve beresford might have done actually, like 'my body' by general strike or whatever

sorta got a nightmare audio vision of alunageorge covering viv goldman 'launderette' now i've said that

aaaaanyway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0w0xU7SXIE

more fabness

u don't kno how it warms my cockles to see "now playing" actually paid attention to

same vibe that couches the central conceit of 'spoons' (ie, literally the spoons) as lightly punning kitchen sink melodrama moreso than pure gimmick

haha the first few times i heard "spoons" i just assumed the title was referring to, like, lovers in bed. then i actually listened closely and was like ohhhhh. when i talked to them i mentioned the first interpretation and one of them said it had never occurred to him and another was like, i thought that was the point.

absolutely love "waiting all night" and "baby" - the rudimental album is strong too on one listen

the album is tremendously unexciting

krystal klear and yasmin back with a banger

https://soundcloud.com/krystalklear/krystal-klear-feat-yasmin-one-night-only-full-version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_pM3n9WXRo

bloody hell thought this had been and gone but apparently it only properly came out this weekend! gr8 track, best in class

idg how these re-releases work, ministry are putting tchami 'promesses' out again (with extra verses tbf) 4th january 2015 which is like at least 18 months of being rinsed and on sale to all

don't doubt it'll smash #1 but still

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcAFww0E0Pg

this (ft yasmin, album otherwise terrible) is p nice

[mnek side-eye]

Lol at that Billon video clip, esp when the girl silently mouths "what the fuck..."

oh THAT's what that song is, re: billon

tuliesza is a good look for her

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIvKgPOwrig

better than every kiesza follow-up that people have bizarrely trying to make happen in the kiesza thread. let a one-hit wonder be a one-hit wonder!

No Enemiesz is the first decent Kieszsa followup, though the product placement in the video is rather offputting.

oooh i like this:

https://soundcloud.com/crownduels/sets/crown-duels-drdr-easily-remixes

Crown Duels & DrDr - Easily

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG6-1hIqqZM

lol this tat is getting bigger and bigger

i keeps on listening to it now tho #derp

more constructive than maybe ppl tweeting majestic's ukg show requesting deekline 'sexy cinderella' cos it reminds them of the funfair. actually that's p great idk what i'm saying any more

― r|t|c, Thursday, 29 January 2015 12:43 Bookmark

kinda lol i said this earlier today cos this thing is totally that magical ice rink / bowling lanes phenomenology where all chart music sounds at its absolute very best

reminds me that the last time i was at rowans in goonerland (this was within the last couple of years) they were playing soul for real 'candy rain' in the arcades!! candy fucking rain!!!!

they'll never clear this sample anyway tho surely

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozx898ADTxM

feel like i should hate this but..... don't

for some reason i'm surprised uk pop charts are still this classically house-y (correct me if i'm wrong)

i guess this maybe belongs in the tropical house thread

you should definitely hate that :(

help me decide if i like this or nah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDxJlW6cxRk

revolting

hehe, it is kind of revolting

somehow i've completely missed all lead-in singles to the rudimental album which is currently #1 in the UK

has anyone heard it? did they make another baby / spoons / waiting all night?

i have too, i think it's because they've been pretty unmemorable

The new Rudimental stuff has disappointed me even more than the new Disclosure stuff.

I have no interest in hearing either but I assume Rudimental have been trawling it around the festival set like a military campaign.

The first Disclosure and Rudimental albums felt perfectly timed, they both hit at the crest of a wave, a moment that's gone now. What I've heard from both suggests that they get less and less enjoyable the more they try and broaden their appeal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1IVP8R8jTs

fond of this one

https://soundcloud.com/heldeeprecords/oliver-heldens-throttle-waiting

into this (idk what thread it belongs in)

yup

kinda reminds me of cheesy chicago classic "time for love" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zVpxjpKT8o

oof apologies terrible formatting on that post

is this the thread? FFS @ billy kenny

https://soundcloud.com/perfectdriver/buzzsaw-billy-kenny-wongo-out-jan-29-preview

an idea whose time has come: "Body Language" riddim put to good use

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKB4cioGs98

A post to note that A*M*E of "Need U" repute is now making music under the name KABBA and has released her first EP: https://open.spotify.com/album/3gzZEIjvV8djfkYG1z4Pk8

She's called Duke Dumont out for his fuckery so don't expect that team up to happen again:

. @DukeDumont do me a favour and keep my name out of your mouth please. I saw the Music Week write up, you sir are a liar and you’re disrespectful. 2013 was a long time ago my guy, let it fucking go! You didn’t even get my name right!

— KABBA (@kabbaofficial) December 20, 2019

.@DukeDumont I was not enthused to write to your loop but I asked my friend to write the song with me and together we scored you your only number 1 record and a Grammy nomination. Instead of thanking us you’ve been nothing but shady & rude all these years.

— KABBA (@kabbaofficial) December 20, 2019

.@DukeDumont I could go on and on but I’ve been nothing but respectful and sweet to you (as I try to be with everyone) why you felt you needed to be so shady and blatantly rude baffles my spirit. Give it a rest & enjoy the PRS. Happy holidays!

— KABBA (@kabbaofficial) December 20, 2019

so many disappeared youtube upthread :[

so what's the story here?