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noizemagazine - noiZe Magazine Issue 59 February 2009 - Index

Beyonce
Single Ladies
I dunno what it is about this song,
but you play this and every gay man
in the room becomes exponentially
more gay. You could play this on
the front lawn of any Midwest
fraternity and all questioning or
closeted members would be at the
doors and windows in seconds. It's
like a cliff for lemmings, except in
this case the end of that instinctive
journey would be the doorway
of the local gay bar and a fruity
cocktail. Floating out there on
promo are the club mixes by Dave
Audé, Craig C., DJ Escape & Tony
Coluccio, Karmatronic, Lost Daze,
RedTop and the requisite Maurice
Joshua Club Mix, which for the first
time in ages doesn't blow. Sounds
like Maurice has been listening to
a little Freemasons in his time off
since the Destiny girls' last single,
and the product is the first mix he's
done that you might actually hear
played somewhere other than on
your car's satellite radio system.
Now on the third single from the flawless Strobelight Seduction album, Kaskade's
popularity only continues to grow. Some are complaining that Kaskade's
collaboration with Deadmau5 on the initial single "Move With Me" has influenced
his style to the point of completely abandoning his former deep house sound and
replaced it with with a pop progressive house/electro sound, but as long as the
music he's making is as gorgeous and hooky as these singles, who the F cares?
After the disappointment of the "Move" remixes, which frankly was too good
to be effectively remixed, this 9-track remix package was a welcome trade. The
"Angel" mixes include chunky Funkerman rubs, dubby Troydon interpretations,
but head straight to the four EDX mixes for the track's elements folded atop
gorgeous progressive trance production.
Happy Am I! Healthy Am I! holy Am I!
Madonna
Miles Away (Remixes)
This woman's marketing ability is both
genius and shameless. When the Hard
Candy album dropped and we heard
this song for the first time, we all knew
there was trouble in paradise with
Ritchie. "Miles" was too specific and
scathing to be just another aimless "love
gone wrong" song for the masses like
"Sorry,” and it set the table perfectly for
the tabloid rush that followed months
later surrounding their marriage. Now
that the divorce is final, what better time
to capitalize on the media frenzy than
to release the single that began it all?
The rumor is that this is the last physical
single Madonna will be releasing
through Warner Bros., which is sad, but
at least now that iTunes has caught up,
all digital music outlets carry high quality
files. So don't cry too much, Argentina.
Read more neW Zingles reviews on
www.noiZemag.com! Kaskade
Angel on My Shoulder (Remixes)