Finding the Rhythm

One of the songs I’ve been enjoying for weeks now continues to just grow on me. It’s Steelers feat. Naomi, and the song is Time 2 Wait. With an amazing mix from Bellatrax, it’s just plain got it goin’ on.

Steelers is a Milan-based DJ/producer (or producers). There’s just not a whole lot of information about them I was able to find; as I mentioned in my blog post Why so secret?, I don’t understand the need for such a veil of secrecy, but whatever.

Naomi is a 16 year old singer/songwriter from Lincolnshire in the UK, and I really dig how her vocals work in the song. With the interesting pronunciations, I had guessed that she wasn’t a native English speaker; the singing has that quality to it that suggests as much. But regardless, it has a uniqueness and a smooth element to it that makes it stand out from the dance music pack.

The track was signed in the US by Next Plateau, who as I recently mentioned, has been more aggressive of late in promoting their almost uniformly excellent releases. Time 2 Wait stood out the very first time I played it. While I only have the Bellatrax remixes, I’ve listened to some of the others, and they’re good as well.

But Bellatrax (the UK’s Chris Dececio) is a current favorite remixer of mine. The Bellatrax sound is very clearly identifiable, and I blogged at one point about whether that’s a good thing or a bad one. It’s good in that you start to recognize and look for the remixes, but it’s bad in that it begins to sound formulaic, predictable and in Bellatrax’ case, over-exposed.  Regardless, while perhaps a bit formulaic, and over-heard, Chris manages to make the sound work to his advantage, and Time 2 Wait is no exception. The song and the sound just fit.

Thanks to Next Plateau for bringing this one over.