Bringing Back the Electro Solo
When I heard Digital Love for the first time, I realize that Daft Punk is easily the coolest band of our generation. Why you ask? They invented the electronic solo.
For some reason having the solo in the context of electro bass lines and synths removes the masturbatory indulgence aspect that transformed heavy metal and prog rock into irrelevant forms of music. Daft Punk basically made the solo cool again. But ever since Digital Love and Aerodynamic, there hasn’t been another electronic act that has attempted to pull of another electro solo. Until now…
Black Eyes – Snowden (Le Castle Vania Remix) (mp3)
First up is one of my favorite dance songs of the summer. It has everything you want, a great bobbing bassline, synths that sound like guitars, vocals that you can sing along with while rocking out on the dance floor, a perfect amount of vocoder, and one kick ass solo. A great dance anthem from a promising producer who’s currently holding down the dance scene in Atlanta. Check out his parties here. Stay tuned for a Blanks. remix from this guy.
Lazerdance – Emmon (mp3)
All you guys really need to know is lazerdance sounds like a really cool secret round in Contra. Except instead of saving the world from Red Falcon, you’re fighting to save the world to lazerdance. Also, the solo sounds like the part in the videogame when you get a bunch of powerups after you kill a mini-boss.
August 23rd, 2006 at 9:02 am
the 8-bit melodies were welcome for lazer dance
& the vocals had a kurt cobain quality that was meloncholy for lazer dancing, sweet.
the ’shake it 9-5′ chorus is also dancey
March 5th, 2007 at 8:25 pm
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