Tag: Nause

Nause feat. Rebecca & Fiona – Can’t Erase

“PROPER BANGER.”

Tim: It’s been three years since we featured Rebecca & Fiona, and even longer than that since we featured Nause, but both are apparently still going strong, and seemingly wanting to get any thought of Christmas out of your mind with this PROPER BANGER.

Tom: A bold claim, Tim.

Tom: Huh, you’re right. That’s a really, really good dance track.

Tim: And why they didn’t leave leave in a drawer for a few months I’ve no idea, because (a) that’s a great dance track but (b) which sensible person wants to dance to this less than two weeks before Christmas?

Yes, parties happen, but the playlists are (or at least should be) entirely made up of Christmas songs or, especially come New Year’s Eve, tracks that each and every single person in the room knows. However good a dance track it is (and be in no doubt, I think this is brilliant), it shouldn’t be out now. Or am I wrong?

Tom: I think there is still a place for things like this: clubs don’t switch their playlists too much, other than occasional dance remixes of All I Want For Christmas. And in summer, the market for tracks like this is saturated. It stands out.

Tim: Hmm, yeah, I’d not thought of that. Fair point.

Tom: I like it. In an era of Spotify playlists and long-tail playback, I think this can still work.

Nause – Another You

“They don’t do ballads. Except apparently they do.”

Tim: I heard this last week, and was a tad confused. You see, Nause, as you may recall, are a Swedish house production team. They don’t do ballads.

Tim: Except apparently they do. A lovely ballad, in fact, although very short and entirely out of character.

Tom: Good grief, their fans’ll be up in arms about this one. I keep waiting for the drop, and there isn’t one.

Tim: But then that one you brought yesterday made me think ooh, hang on, this could easily be half a dance track, couldn’t it?

Tom: Right! It’s only 2:40 — it’s as if they released the raw audio that they were about to remix.

Tim: Slop some great beats and synths and that sort of stuff underneath, and you’ll have a brilliant dance track, just like yesterday. So I really hope it’s forthcoming, because that’d be great.

Nause – This Is The Song

“When that kicks in it’s really rather nice.”

Tim: We’ll carry on from yesterday’s good example of pop music with this good example of dance music.

Tom: Ooh, when that kicks in it’s really rather nice.

Tim: It has a female vocalist, which generally helps; it stays away from the whole piano dance genre that became a bit too generic over the past year or so, and it has a good amount of the dubstep-style synths to sound relevant but none of the actual stuff that might put us right off it. A decent melody helps it along, so I’ll give this one about 76%.

Tom: Oh blimey, percentages again? I give your new rating system about 11%, Tim.

Tim: Well, it’ll probably be gone by tomorrow. I’d guess a 76% chance.

Nause – Mellow

I’ve now reached my limit of piano-dance tracks.

Tim: Second single, after last year’s not-covered-by-us-but-really-quite-good debut track Made Of.

Tom: Benny Benassi inspired much? Those synths sound awfully familiar, and it’s got a similar “concept” video as well, even if it’s not based around what is basically clothed porn.

Tim: It’s good, in a fairly similar manner to a lot of piano-y dance tracks that’ve been around recently – the simplicity of the melody on top is added to by the drum synth line, and it works nicely together. There’s one question that needs to be answered, though: does it needs a vocal?

Tom: I think I’ve now reached my limit of piano-dance tracks. I get it. You’ve found a piano riff. You’re going to repeat it for about three and a half minutes with various changes in instrumentation and volume. Well done. Let’s move on.

Tim: No – instead we’re going to have a discussion about vocals, and you can’t stop it. Eric Prydz’s Pjanoo worked very well on its own, and we both agreed that Bromance was better without a singer. On the other hand, Penguins was improved quite a bit, and I reckon this would be as well. Those first two had chords in them, something a decent pianist could play with emotion and energy. This, though, is just one note after another for the most part, and to be honest it just sounds a bit lonely.

Tom: It needs a vocal. It needs a defibrillator. It needs something.

Tim: On the other hand, when the video came to a close I realised that actually, it’s perfect for jogging or something to (if you’re into that sort of thing), so for a work-out mix CD this’d be fine.

Tom: True. But that’s damning with faint praise, surely?

Tim: Oh, very faint indeed – faint, in fact, like YOUR MUM after I’ve spent a night with her. OH YES. I WENT THERE. BRING IT.

Tom: What? Why? That doesn’t even make any sense.

Tim: Yeah, I have no idea where that came from.