Keen observers will note my Throwback Thursday posts primarily take place around 2010 (give or take a few years) and this is no different. At the time this track was released I was perhaps on my biggest Jack Beats kick as they has just dropped their Donae'o collab "You Should Know" and were not far from releasing their inspired OWSLA debut Somebody To Love.
While I go back through these records I'm in awe of the duo's always impactful production whether tempered and toned down as in "Storm," absolutely bonkers in the beats of "Elevator Music," dope and dynamic as in "Labyrinth," or all of the above as in this remix. "Daydreamer" may just be the best example of Jack Beats' brilliance. Its rubber-band bassline is incredibly bouncy and plays perfectly with the crisp percussion, crackling top line and Example's vocals. They are masters of mixing these elements together, so much so that you often know exactly what's coming and when. The trick here though is that they make the ride ridiculously fun as they send the tension careening up and down like a roller-coaster. Further to this metaphor, "Daydreamer" is no rickety old wooden roller-coaster, but rather an elaborate and visceral affair sure to churn your stomach in ways you cannot give words to. The scorching synths, guttural growls and cartoonish effects are absolutely the lead of the track and you know what I'm referring to not because I've described them well but rather that they are so stunning and unique that you feel them in your very core.
Whether this is your kind of music or not, you cannot listen to "Daydreamer" and be unchanged. And isn't that the magic of not just Jack Beats, or even electronic music, but music as a whole? Once you feel it, you're forever changed, perpetually striving to relive that first, ever-so powerful feeling.FOLLOW FLUX PAVILION: FACEBOOK SOUNDCLOUD TWITTER
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