Club Electro Part II
Release: 2008-11-12
Plays: 6760
Style: Electro House Music


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There is no rest for the wicked, as DJ Seta is back already with Club Electro Part II, a mix of some of the hottest Top 40 tracks. It starts with “Return of the Mack,” a re-interpreted R&B track that’s been laced with a classic electro-house vibe – a perfect opening song to get you at ease and set you up for what’s to come. It is followed by that famous addictive retro track – you know, that song from Haddaway that was featured in A Night at the Roxbury – “What is Love” (“baby don’t hurt me, don’t hurt me…”), except Seta has dropped some fresh dancey synths on it.

It then moves straight into hip-hop kings Run DMC vs. Bodyrox, with another retro track, “It’s Like My BodyRox.” The old-school hip-hop plus modern electronic-ness definitely makes for an interesting sound, but we’re brought right into the 21st century with a track that’s been burning up clubs (wonder why?): “I Kissed A Girl,” the Ph Electro Remix by the Real Booty Babes. This basically proves that electronic music really can make an already mind-blowing pop hit even better, as the synths have just upped the dance-ability of this track ten times over.

DJ Seta brings back the hip-hop vibe with Rick Ross’s “Hustlin’,” only Rick Ross now sounds like a defunct robot. There’s a bit of a lull in the action with this track; the beat goes missing for a while and you’re stuck with bare synths, so this might be your cue to take a short break when you’re grooving to this in the club. Don’t sit down for long though, because “Break the Ice” (Doul Power Electro Remix) is bound to get you up again.

The first of two Britney tracks in this mix (and DJ Seta has chosen well – they’re both perfect for the dance floor), what was originally already a heavily synthesized electro-pop is now a true electro house gem, and it gets even better with “Poker Face,” the latest single by Lady Gaga (my new favourite dance-pop/electronica artist). I had high hopes, because this was one of my favourite songs on her album, and I was not disappointed. Like “Break the Ice,” this was already a dance-pop song originally, but the synths on the remix are just gorgeous. I could listen to this one for ages.

As the “A Milli, A Milli…” emerges, the Paul Anthony & ZXX Remix of Lil Wayne’s hit comes full force, but in a creepy weird slowed-down vibe. Not for long though, as DJ Seta speeds things up with hip-hop club anthem, Flo Rida’s “Low.” The song has been dressed up with electro synths, which gives it a very different feel, as opposed to the urban gritty hit that stormed every Top 40 radio station in 2008.

Britney’s second appearance on the mix comes in the form of her new single, “Womanizer.” The Kaskade remix is grittier, more beat-heavy, and the fact that these electro house remixes (of increasingly synthesized pop tracks) just work is a tribute to the DJs’ talent and the potential of the house genre.

The finale, Usher’s “Love in This Club,” has been stripped of its original repetitive synths, and draped with a larger variety of different sounding ones. This especially stands out near the end of the song, where the verse that is originally accompanied by solo piano transforms into Usher-meets-chillout-piano-synths. For those who love Top 40 Pop, Hip-hop, and R&B as much as they do House Music, Club Electro Part II won’t disappoint.