Archive for March 12, 2009
The Damiens have it
Sometimes, songs take time to really penetrate the surface. They can be intriguing, and yet, somehow, they don’t grab me. But with repeated listening, they sorta work their way in. One such song is Glacier in the Sun.
International collaborations also intrigue me, but in this Internet-connected age, and the fact that dance music is constructed on a computer, they’re hardly unusual. This one is between two Damiens… Germany’s Damien J. Carter, and Canada’s Damien Heck.
Glacier in the Sun really isn’t much more than just a well-written, well-produced dance track, which might be why it took me some time to get to know it; sorta like that “average” looking person standing in the corner at a party who you wouldn’t really look twice at until you struck-up a conversation, and then suddenly, you wanna take ‘em home with you. It doesn’t have any sort of “grab me by the you-know-what” characteristics, and it doesn’t have unusual, rarely-heard sound patches or treatments. It’s just a straight-up nice song, well-constructed, with all its parts hanging in just the right places.
Vocals often make a song, and the uncredited female vocals in Glacier in the Sun make the track. Clear, crisp… Sorta like the rest of the track.
Give it a listen and see what you think.
