To describe the music of Sweat newcomer Yates as anything but beautiful would be like failing to mention that water is wet. Inseparable descriptions - tautological even.
Stunning. Captivating. Heavenly. I could add so many more adjectives of amazingness to describe the music of Yates but it's Monday morning and my head is a bit slow. So, Im just going to suggest you take a listen to VIRTUE - the debut single of singer / songwriter Benjamin Yates, Australian native but Berlin resident whose debut EP entitled Mercury (and the first chapter of what promises to be an enchanting musical career) drops March 2016.
Even before his first official release, blogs are calling him the king of SOUP (a heartwarming mixture of Soul + Pop) - it's live instrumentation yes - but incorporates electronic elements also - and most importantly - his soothing velvety vocals.
And with vocals this good - it wasn't hard to convince some of the best to remix. Up first is hype machine heavyweight champ Plastic Plates who adds his touch of funk to make this what i would like to call 110 bpm sex house. Old sweat faves Monkey Safari chime in with their slice of Berlin Bliss House and Melbourne's Club Sweat legend Silversix rounds out this tight af package with a Late Night Tech Take that doesn't disappoint.
If you can't remember the first time you heard Jamie Woon or James Blake - make special note of the first time you heard Yates. You won't regret it.
Dimitri Kechagias review: The exceptional artist Yates delivers Virtue and the remixes add the needed club spin to the original melodic electronic original with great vocals and lyrics that go deeper but still are pop enough to entertain the masses. Plastic Plates is a colorful tropical deep house version with pulsating deep basslines and chunky grooves with warm strings and emotional synths to blow you away. Monkey Safari deliver the dark mysterious moody version with haunting basslines, industrial synths and emotional synths on the top of the tribal relentless building grooves. The vocal stays at the back giving space to the music to breath. Finally the top Silversix version is deeper darker more abstract and experimental with old school 90's infusions. Melodic progressive techno with distorted vocals and trancy hypnotic atmosphere that will make you dance with closed eyes and open ears! #PureGold Love It
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