Nick Chacona - Be Like Olive

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  • Nick Chacona's "Be Like Olive," the first single from his debut full-length, Love in the Middle, sees the New York producer's enlisting an old friend—Levon Vincent—for remixing duties. Chacona's original is a mellow slow-burner with a tangible nocturnal vibe. Lazy atmospheric washes and softly twinkling synths meander above a similarly slow house beat, which steadily removes and replaces its elements. Halfway in, a submerged acid line makes its appearance; while acid lines are usually signifiers of intensity, Chacona's blends serenely into its surroundings. It doesn't scream anthem. Instead, it does night-murmur downtempo house admirably, standing up to repeat plays as a dense, comforting listen. Levon Vincent's rework is, as expected, a heavy, churning affair, and the more obvious club cut. It's also the polar opposite of Chacona's original, the sprawling jam-out effectively minimized into several rigid loops, which Vincent endlessly pounds out with some subtle tweaks. The wordless megaphone squawk that saturated last year's "Double Jointed Sex Freak" reappears, and though the level of propulsion isn't quite there, its unsettling effect is mostly intact. Again, not totally anthemic, but definitely useful for those who've rinsed Vincent's throbbing productions in club settings.
  • Tracklist
      01. Be Like Olive 02. Be Live Olive (Levon Vincent Remix)
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