Over the course of the last year, singles from Emma Hewitt’s sublime ‘Ghost Of The Light’ album has seen her original versions coupled side-by-side with clubbier-minded collaborators, adding an extra layer of depth and dimension to the body of work.
Most recently, dancefloor fans from all corners have been treated to the likes of her x Solarstone link-up, ‘Children’ and ‘Fallen’ - her first x Roman Messer collaboration.
On her latest single ‘Lay Me Down’ (out today) she’s taken that process one step further still.
If you don’t recognise ‘Lay Me Down’ from ‘Ghost of The Light’, that is because the track actually whispered its way to life as ‘The River’ – an introspective and nostalgia-drenched ode to a former love from a different life, perfectly preserved in memory.
When Emma began work with German DJ-producer Pretty Pink (Anne Karolczak) on the release, neither realised quite how far they’d go in revolutionising it. To turn it into a set-weapon, Pretty Pink has shifted the song’s focus exclusively to its “lay me down” hook and heartstring-tugging “I can’t hear you now” refrain. To that she applied an equally infectious backing of cyber FX, technotic rhythms, rippling sub-riffs and 303-strafted mainline.
By the time all was said and done, the track’s transformation had essentially made it a new song entirely. Emma & Pretty Pink’s chrysalis-like journey from ‘The River’ to ‘Lay Me Down’ is available to stream and in stores HERE.
Tracklist:
01: Emma Hewitt x Pretty Pink - Lay Me Down (Original Mix)
02: Emma Hewitt x Pretty Pink - Lay Me Down (Extended Mix)
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[content title="Summary" label="Overall Score"]Emma Hewitt meets the exceptional producer and DJ Pretty Pink for the magnificent 127 BPM dark driving and highly emotionally touching Lay Me Down. When two great female minds collide you can guess that the outcome can be explosive. With steady fire storming beats and dark haunting baselines and techy drums the foundation is perfect to lay over it the very strong emotionally charging performance by Emma Hewitt. For a while everything stops and the dark dystopian distorted synth riffs are unleashed to make the crowd go ballistic and out of their heads. The climax moves in that black dark direction with hints of more euphoric synth stabs. Definitely one of the finest remixes on Emma's remixes of her latest album. #PureGold Love iT [/content]
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[item value="10"]You can’t get this memorable track out of your head[/item]
[item value="10"]It has potential to become an anthem or a classic[/item]
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