Apr 24 2010

HURTS new single reMixed by Jamaica

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Hmmm, I’m not sure how I feel about French ex-Poney Poney-ers Jamaica’s new reMix of the forthcoming HURTS single ‘Better Than Love’.

I love the song, it’s been on repeat here for a while, and I like the reMix a lot, I’m just not sure the two go together,

Musically the track is awesome, big 80’s Disco chords and digital slap bass with a syncopated chorus you can’t help buy move to. It’s just that at times it seems as though Jamaica haven’t quite got to grips with the vocal rhythms of the song, to the extent that the vocals feel as if they are slipping out of time. It’s just that one nagging feeling that stops a great tune being fantastic.

♫ HURTS – Better Than Love (Jamaica reMix) (zShare) (MediaFire)

Still, the single is shaping up to be a monster reMix package with an absolutely flawless original.

HURTS @ Beatport

HURTS @ Juno

HURTS @ Amazon

Apr 1 2010

Jamaica

So what happens when Poney Poney change their name and enlist Justice’s Xavier de Rosnay and Daft Punk’s sound Engineer Peter Franco to produce their album?

Jamaica, that’s what! They have just dropped this, their début track, ‘I Think I Like U 2’, which is a feel good, upbeat Indie-Electro fun jam complete with Daft-style solo.

♫ Jamaica – I Think I Like U 2 (zShare) (MediaFire)

Check the, pretty funny, video here.

Jamaica also have a track on the forthcoming 9th edition of the Kitsuné Maison series and a full length album due out in August.

Jamaica @ 7Digital

Jamaica @ Amazon