Rhythm is a Dancer by Andrew Friendly and Boombox 80s Remix
For those who like the 90’s and were born in the 80’s, this track is a remix on the anthem from the 90’s by SNAP. I remember playing this one and the roof just went OFF! Here’s a little bit about the people behind the remix:
Andrew Friendly teams up with Boombox resident and all-round London DJ legend Rokk for a cheeky cover of Snap’s classic, restyling it into a nu-disco workout.
Andrew Friendly has recently featured in MixMag, DJ Mag, M8 and plenty more with his band Milke, or on his own projects.
This track is already getting plays of Kissy Sellout on Radio1 and support and nods from Who Made Who and Trevor Jackson, this is a tasty slice of analogue warmth and 80’s pads, with the hooks filtered and vocals stripped back.
I had a great opportunity to interview Andrew Friendly and here’s what he had to say:
dbmlabs: Out of all the other 90’s tracks, why did you decide to remix this track?
I’m loving the 90’s vibes at the moment though, my mispent yoof! I remember this track being pretty cheesy back in the day, but when you listen to just the bass progressions with the top line synths, they’re quite cool, it has a slightly hypno-disco feel about it, so we decided to lift those bits, and just add a smattering of vocals over the top. The breakdown is great too, quite dirty in a Moroder kind of way, so it all leant itself nicely to some new-disco vibes. I also love the fact that Snap were a really homophobic band, with Turbo B saying some pretty rank stuff (which is central to why they disappeared), and we’ve twisted it around, and made it sound like something that would work really well in the disco clubs of New York in the late 70’s. It kind of sounds like the cover predates the original! ha ha.
dbmlabs: What hardware/software did you use to produce this track?
Protools, for all the softsynths, recording and programming.
Vocals are recorded on a Rhode NT2a. Really nice. And through a TL Audio Ivory valve compressor.
I’ve got a bunch of analogue synths, and we tried out some vocoder options through a Korg MS2000, but we didn’t use them in the end.
dbmlabs:How long was the production time?
This took a bit longer than I wanted, because it was a collaboration, so you’ve always got to be sensitive to the other person. I think we spent three or four days on it.
dbmlabs: Anything cool coming up in the next couple months you guys want to share?
I’ve got another Andrew Friendly track in the pipeline, I want to have that finished in the next few weeks, but most of my energy is going into Milke, so that’s the priority. We’ve got LOADS in the pipeline there, including collabs and some really big name remixes, and we’ll be working with Philip Zdar on a track, and should be releasing a single in France before the end of the year. More coming soon!
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