Donae'o is back with Fire, a new track, which is signifying a change in direction. Fire is a dubstep track, but I much prefer the Afrobeat remix. Though to fair, if this was the original version released you would be thinking, "Wow, Donae'o hasn't really changed his sound at all". Does Donae'o work on a dubstep track? Hmm, I think it's good, but it is nice to have something familiar.
My favourite memory of Donae'o was when he came into the school where I work, played his hits, threw a t-shirt into the crowd and then suddenly every kid jumped to get it and it was like an avalanche. Every kid knew all the words, but Donae'o's tracks were more club hits. Guess it showed that he had a bigger reach than the clubs. I think the different sound is interesting, but I much prefer Donaeo's smooth voice riding over the Afrobeats remix, along with Mista Silva & Fuse ODG.
I remember a summer back in 2000 when at every traffic light or in every car that passed you seemed to hear the ominous piano chords of Still D.R.E. SOunds like Sway and Kano have as fond memories of that summer as I do as they have sampled that amazing tune for the first single off Sway's forthcoming album. With the dubstep style drums and extra melodies it feels a bit more hyped up than Dre's version, but there is something cool about this song in that it pays tribute to the original, but keeps it British. As always Kano does something with his flow which is just great! I can never pinpoint exactly what it is about his delivery that I love, but I just think Kano is always on point. (BTW isn't Tigger Da Author an awful name?!)
So, Foals new album is out on Monday 11th February. Third album and it will probably sell a lot of copies. I hope it does. As always with groups there are a number of acts that you could cite as similar/influenced by. In Foals case Vampire Weekend/Talking Heads respectively. But Foals always wore their African/funk type influences with a pop edge. I definitely feel this track is a great example of that. It still has that sound there, which was found on their first album, but it feels melded in with other things now. It's a great song and the video is interesting. It keeps you watching and reminds you of gig experiences you may have had. Though I am sure with the release of this album they will be playing much bigger venues than the one depicted in the video.
