Oklou - God's Chariot (SH Remix)

  • Summer anthem potential.
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  • Is there anything that sounds as good as a dance mix of a pop song done right? While TikTok, perhaps rightfully, thinks we're going to be hearing "Running Up That Hill" all summer long, hopefully Stephen Howe's remix of Oklou's "God's Chariot" will be making the rounds among more discerning selectors needing a big moment. The French singer's original is a melancholy ballad, but Howe adds a bit of garage house skip to the drums (think of the daintiness in "Little Man") and an earworm of a melody, but it's really Oklou's vocals that steal the show. Her falsetto already has a post-dubstep chipmunk quality to it, but when Howe pitches it up, it morphs into Two Shell-style liquid gold.
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