HeavyFeet ft. Jon Rice - Raise a Glass (free download)
February 7
HeavyFeet ft. Jon Rice - Raise a Glass Check out the mini-mix of the 'Raise a Glass' release: 
(Original, Club Mix, Q45 Remix, Diesler Remix)
Stamp! Beats - Release Date: 07.02.11Well, we're 11 singles into the 12 of the newly (finally!) named, '12x12' project. (The '12 singles over 12 months' was getting a bit longwinded to be honest.) As we've been working with Mr Jon Rice quite a lot over this last year, we thought we'd invite him back (he featured on 'Saving Me', our 4th single) to vocal our penultimate single. 'Raise a Glass' is a contemporary take on the classic Chicago house sound that we've always sought inspiration from, and includes bumping bass, skippy beats, uplifting synth chords and hooky vocals. Taking these elements one step further, and drawing influence from the 2 Bears (Raf Daddy & Joe Goddard from Hot Chip), we open the track up with a simple club beat and then lead into a suitably developed song, letting epic synths sweep into the chorus section alongside Jon’s deeper lyrical side, giving the breakdown a lovely hands-in-the-air moment to what is an otherwise rather vocally sparse, club influenced number. Our Club Mix takes the house vibes up to a peak time level, reaching for loud, tribal percussion, a deep rolling sub line, select vocal snippets and subtle strings, dropping a main room friendly house track with all the right components to keep the dancefloor full. Australia's Q45 (owner of the great house label, Yes Yes Records) ramps things up with an all out 90's-tinged house affair, manipulating the original chord stabs and morphing vocal cuts amongst a ravey bass and classic drum machine style beats. Diesler rounds off the package with slow burner of a broken beat re-rub, choosing heavy Latin-influenced drums and a deep, pulsating bass to create an astoundingly intense build up, which conjures up a chaotic yet soulful take on the original. Lots of support and appreciative talk from the likes of Tom Findlay (Groove Armada), Zed Bias, Lars Moston, Black Noise/Aquasky and Act Yo Age on this release.
Grab the Club Mix, Q45 & Diesler remixes here: Beatport
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