you won't have heard: LETS GET LOUD

Lets Get Loud - Armin Prayd Until Morning Rmx - Genji Yoshida

Welcome to week one of songs you won't have heard! Every Tuesday I will nobly delve into forgotify.com and find a song that has been neglected by the music listening public and give it the thorough listening it deserves. We start off with Lets Get Loud...

THE SONG:

We start our journey through the forgotten tracks of Spotify with a remix of Genji Yoshida’s Lets Get Loud, and off the bat, I found myself uncontrollably bobbing to the minimal yet insistent beat at the start. Immediately I found myself transported to 3.30 am in a dark nightclub, with the array of subtle yet well-crafted opening beats moving me to the rhythm without a second thought, as if it was meant to be. The beat slowly builds as the song flows through the first few minutes as the beat becomes more complex, gradually and agreeably washing over me until I was fully immersed. The entire song has you waiting in suspense for what is yet to come, as even as more is added, you still get the excitement that the apex is still ahead of you, and at just after 3 minutes in, an ethereal voice tells you what you've been waiting to do: Let’s Get Down. From here on in, the beat kicks back in, fully formed, and I could do nothing but lose myself in it.

THE ARTIST:

Genji Yoshida, apparently in a great mood

This song is very representative of Yoshida’s wider body of work – atmospheric yet insistent dance music with deep beats and suspenseful productions, and the remix has not strayed too far from home. He creates insistent soundscapes that never stray into being too aggressive, but instead guide you through songs with their insistent rhythms and flowing evolution of beat complexity.

Other songs worth checking out include: Miura, Pluto, and Kenda.

RATING:

7/10

Lets Get Down – Armin Prayd Until Morning Rmx is, above all else, incredibly well crafted, with just the right amount of suspense and mystery in the rhythm to keep you interested for what to come, without being frustrating by not delivering the good vibes fast enough. The reverb on the airy female voice sound as though from an otherworldly party deity, so when it tells you to get down, you listen.

There were some downsides to the song – even at 7 minutes and 30 seconds, I was left feeling that it could have done with being longer – there was a lack of a totally satisfying conclusion with one, larger energy increase to drive it home that would have really cemented it as a true atmospheric trance anthem, however as a whole the song is highly enjoyable, and would be right at home in the wee hours of the morning at any house party or nightclub.

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