This track really got me going! Very retro in the chord progression, I get the feeling that might be a Yamaha CP-70 piano sample, or close enough! It reminds me very much of Toto/Genesis/Phil Collins in that sound….
The lyrics are out of this world. No pun intended.
“You make me wanna build a spaceship now,
Let’s pack our bags and leave the whole damn world behind
I’ll find a new place in the stars for us,
Walk on the moon and leave the whole world behind”…
I wonder what Pharell would make of the production on this, what’s really sold it for me is the vocals it’s those harmonies and the punctuation of the “HEY!” as well as the ooooh’s on background vocals…
You can hear so many influences on this, the Pharrell style production, 70s sounds, the neo disco vibe…
I need to shout about the drums on this too, the detail on this is just so punch, lots of fantastic fills!
Oh and my lord there’s a tasty key change up by a semitone at 2:14 from the root note of Eb to E, and you don’t expect it to come in at that point but it does and it just LANDS so well!
Wow. What a track……
London-based electronic artist, Brave James, combines otherworldly beats and soundscapes with intricate vocal harmonies and classic songwriting to form a sound that is uniquely his own. Produced from his studio space under the spectre of London’s BT communications tower, Brave James’ music is at once something new, and yet strangely familiar.
