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Single Reviews
Single Review: Headman (feat Dieter Meier) – Gimme (Relish)
By Marc Samuels | Published on Monday 7 December 2009
And so, Swiss electro pioneers past and present meet on this rather tasty single, which bodes very well indeed for Headman’s forthcoming album.
Anything featuring the vocals of Yello’s Dieter Meier is likely to be worth a listen given the fact that Yello are, and were, amazing and a hugely influential duo (though not afforded the recognition some of their British 80s synth-pop peers garnered), whose music at its best sounded like it could have been made anywhere in the universe at any point in time, past, present or future.
‘Gimme’ is essentially the sort of cosmic nu-disco Robi Insinna does in his sleep; a pleasant mid-tempo track with shimmering synths, enlivened by the gruff but typically charismatic and eccentric vocals from Meier. And there’s an impressive array of remixes for those who like their songs deconstructed, with the parts re-arranged in a different order, with some bits added and others removed.
The In Flagranti remix is a jaunty slice of Euro house, Robi Insinna’s own Surreal Stroll rework starts new wavey before suddenly going all dubbed-out electroclash, whilst Bang Gang go pure early 80s electropop on their mix, with something that recalls (sonically at least) Heaven 17 circa ‘Penthouse and Pavement’. By far the most memorable though is Kango Stein’s stunning mix: a slowbuilding and moody progressive house epic with beautiful sweeping ambience, rendering it a technological masterpiece that would make Boris Blank seethe with jealousy. MS
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