Often my posts are weighted towards the big artists, but today I’m going to look at a smaller artist. Word of warning, this song is weird
Sung by Marianna Seas, a Greek jazz singer, Mi Re (Give into
life) is the epitome of the post RnB sound that was building in the early 2020s.
It starts with calm keyboards and a bass solo, with jazz licks interspersed. In
sharp contrast is the bass hits, full of distortion interrupting the peace with
futuristic zeal. The vocals come in with a rising of drum patterns. It feels
like we are inside the electronic drum kit from the mixing. The chorus is catchy,
but dominated by the bouncy bass interplaying with some of the most compressed
drum sounds I’ve ever heard.
The bass hits return for the post chorus but are supplanted
by the drum groove and regular bass sound. On this song the backing vocals are
full jazz, with harmonies all over the place, upper and lower, with
countermelodies interspersed. During the second chorus if you listen, you will
hear a piano, which escalates into a jazz lick.
We are hit into an instrumental groove full of stereo and
effects post the second chorus. Marianna comes in with a cacophony (but in a
good way) of backing vocals while the keys do solo work. Eventually the chorus
emerges, the drums drop off, and the song ends on a dissonance.
When I first heard this song, I thought this might be the direction
that music would go, but since I’ve heard little of the style. The musical
values of the early 2020s seem to be more aligned to real instruments, without
losing hard hitting drum and bass.
Final Rating: 7/10
Comparative Ranking List:
1. Dear Prudence: 10/10
2. Rachmaninov Prelude in G (Original): 9/10
3. Stranger In Moscow 9/10
4. Black Sands: 9/10
5. Jupiter (The Planets): 9/10
6. Hollywood Heart: 8/10
7. Make It Easy on Yourself 8/10
8. Another Day in America: 8/10
9. Mi Re (Give into life)
10. Don’t Let it Show 7/10
10. It’s Your Move (Parkinson) 7/10
12. It’s Your Move (Vaporwave Version) 7/10
13. It’s Your Move (Ross) 7/10
14. Don’t Lead Me On 7/10
15. Rachmaninov Prelude in G (VSO): 5/10
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