Sunday
14Jan2007
Sally Shapiro: I'll Be By Your Side (Rude66 808 Remix)
January 14, 2007 at 4:59 PM
Sally Shapiro (not her real name) and producer Johan Agebjörn combine to make one of the contradictory albums of 2006. The sound of Disco Romance can only be created by those who understand the desperate melancholy of Pet Shop Boys' Rent. To quote Pitchfork: "Disco Romance turns the Smiths' happy-music-with-sad-lyrics formulation on its head - and then you dance to it."
This remix of I'll Be By Your Side takes this music from the eighties and crisply propels it into the nineties, but to fully appreciate it, you need to hear it in the context of the whole album, because this closing track also opens the album - where it's presented in its original form. The album requires careful repetitive listening, without doing so you'll think the album is one prolonged song, with one idea. It's the subtle differences between tracks, the detailed production and the tiniest twinkling decorations that make this more than an Annie clone. I'm pretty sure Disco Romance will be one of my favourites of 2007.
[Disco Romance - iTunes UK]
[Pitchfork Review]
[Stylus Magazine Review]
This remix of I'll Be By Your Side takes this music from the eighties and crisply propels it into the nineties, but to fully appreciate it, you need to hear it in the context of the whole album, because this closing track also opens the album - where it's presented in its original form. The album requires careful repetitive listening, without doing so you'll think the album is one prolonged song, with one idea. It's the subtle differences between tracks, the detailed production and the tiniest twinkling decorations that make this more than an Annie clone. I'm pretty sure Disco Romance will be one of my favourites of 2007.
[Disco Romance - iTunes UK]
[Pitchfork Review]
[Stylus Magazine Review]
Reader Comments (1)
Pet Shop Boys "Rent" is a fantastic song, how could you know I liked it?