Best Artwork of the year?
Delia & Gavin - Relevee (DFA Remix)
Disco, good disco, referencing the likes of Dinosaur, Loose Joints, Moroder, is the dance punk of 06 and beyond, when we finally admit it remains to be seen, unfortunately. The year has been littered with excellent releases in this vein by artists such as Lindstrøm, Brennan Green, and especially Escort. But the best offering has to go to the DFA for their spin on "Relevee."
It's a classic. Like all the greats, it manages to lose your sense of time, sense of self from the get go. Really, the way that Jim & Tim break the original's arpeggio may be the best moment of the whole year. As this kinda shit is sometimes called space disco, uh motherfucking lift off? But it's a controlled lift off as the inclusion of vocals perfectly check the arp. The song's best feature? Not the piano solo, not the bass bounce. The hi-hat, especially at the beginning, the choice to leave it naked at the end of three bars, the pause, before it fires up again... so badass. By end, the song's like the perfect orgasm: it takes a lot of work to reach, it's big, not too big, and all parties involved enjoy it.
*****DJs spin this song, spin it in toto. Yeah, it's not a quickie, a hard, fast banger, but in the end your audience will be very grateful for the counter-clockwise swirl.*****
Thank You,
JS
T.P.O. Staff
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