British producer GARETH EMERY is back with “U,” a brand new song featuring Bo Bruce that’s due out on Garuda on Tuesday, February 4. It’s the first single from his brand new album DRIVE, set for release April 1, and creates an exciting insight into what the upcoming album has to offer.
“U” is a beautifully crafted love song with ethereal vocals and euphoric synths combined to create a potent piece of music. The pop-inspired melodies paired with vocals by Bo Bruce-a second place contestant from The Voice (U.K.)-creates an uplifting, emotive sound, before dropping into EMERY’s signature electro synths.
The track comes with a video directed and produced by Alex Maxwell at the The Mill (http://www.themill.com/). Making its debut today, it features a young couple, hopelessly in love, trekking down through the American countryside. Along with appearances from both Bo and GARETH, the video encapsulates the perfect summer romance.
Teaching himself to play the piano from the age of four and continuing his invaluable classical education until he began playing guitar in an indie band at 15, GARETH EMERY's eventual conversion to electronic music was always going to be a successful one.
Giving him essential experience and understanding of music and songwriting and how to convey emotion through his sounds, EMERY has created a unique blend of trance, house and electro that he uses to build his melody-focused club tracks that form his greatest successes that include a ground-breaking podcast series and his own label Garuda. Look for EMERY—an international festival draw—to appear at Ultra Music Festival in March and make his Coachella festival debut this April.
Dimitri Kechagias review: One of the most influential and highly regarded producers & djs from Manchester UK is the beloved and always smiling Gareth Emery. The news that he is about to release his new album called Drive have certainly make many of his global followers happy and very excited as well. His brand new single is entitled simply U and features the magnificent vocals by Bo Bruce. Once again he did his magic in his studio and have produced an outstanding neo progressive trancer that will be adopted and played by many progressive house djs as well. High quality production from the very start till its end with excellent dynamic bouncy beats and punchy driving energetic basslines while the main synthy lead is quite interesting as it sounds like coming from rock guitar adding that indie dance dimension to the track as well. The breakdown is very melodic with romantic sweet piano theme that sounds the perfect soundbed for Bo Bruce to tell her story and perform in delicate and heartfelt way the deep and meaningful lyrics. The climax is euphoric and hands in the air but you can expect some girls to share a tear as well while they will jump around with their mates. Clubs, festivals and radio djs will play it until the digital copy to "worn out". The uber talented duo W &W deliver their stunning mainstage style remix that is already riding high at the beatport Top 100 chart. The hot boys transform the original into a hard hitting, rough and punchy version that hardstyle influences are evident and seems to work like a treat on the modern international festivals environment. Heavy drums, harder basslines and slightly distorted rave style synthy lead in the breakdown along with the lovely Bo Bruce vocal followed by the thunderous headbanging drop that can move even mountains and skyscrapers as well. It's the perfect version for the forthcoming summer festivals season. The beloved duo Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano that you should watch them performing live behind their decks to understand their talent deliver the epic prog meets electro house with dirty dutch house elements as well. Superb melodic breakdown and ultra hard drops with classic tribal beats that wake your animal side for sure. The parade in the Carnival of Rio de Janeiro like rhythm will do the damage and smash many dancefloors so better expect to observe the crowd go ballistic on this fantastic really sexy make over. Last but not least the uplifting trance fans will find very useful the pure uplifting trance make over offered from the beloved Irish producer Bryan Kearney Remix. The remix has already the seal of approval from the trance god Armin van Buuren who has included in his latest ASOT compilation. I really appreciate the big room make overs but in my opinion the most appropriate version is Bryan's who really translates with music the message of the track I'm Alive! after all that the singer went thought in the story she sings of course. Fantastic breakdown with roof raising synthy lead that comes to the surface and pushes the track to its feel good pure trance uplifting euphoric climax. It sounds the most complete and appropriate remix package that satisfies the expanding Gareth Emery & Garuda Music fanbase. #PureGold Love iT
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