The Singles Jukebox

NOT Anime Animals.

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[6.17]Alfred Soto: This Moroccan singer has got the moves, baby, and some of the motion, thanks to a yummy falsetto and a production that features popping bubbles. Most of the rest, though, is festival electronica.
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Anthony Easton: I am no longer in a position to connect to the global Francophonie, but this slice of global dance aesthetics layered over traditional Moroccan singing, manages to have a smart, contemporary, and almost lush pleasure. We have moved a long way from “world music” chill out mixes.
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Katie Gill: Aside from autotune so thick that T-Pain goes “damn”, this is really good. It’s a banging dance song with a kickass backing beat, a skillfully put together summer jam. Still, #nomorehashtags
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Patrick St. Michel: Feel almost guilty that the part of this song that leaves me tired is Amine Aminux’s actual voice. But when you surround yourself around all sorts of digital fireworks and manipulated touches, you can’t sound that uninteresting.
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Brad Shoup: Instead of just pitching the vocal up or down in the standard EDM-pop way, they’ve kneaded it into something that could fit in a mizmar. It’s a great effect for a singer who comes off very callow, but also pauses for pops and breaks off some nice rhythms.
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Edward Okulicz: Pop’s vast landscapes are open to all to experiment in, but this feels like a melange of sounds that had their moment in the sun about ten to fifteen years ago pieced together in a fairly uninteresting way. The backing vocals, which may or may not be going “hey,” make me feel like someone’s throwing up in the mix somewhere. Nothing about this is unpleasant but I’m fatigued on the sounds as much as I am of reliving summer right now. I’ll give it an extra point because it’s not cold and overcast everywhere and this is probably an invigorating cocktail for half the population.
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