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- BYT Favorite Song of the Day: Broken Bells
Listening Party: B U R N S
November 23, 2009 by Nicole Cohen
When asked to describe his sound, U.K. DJ B U R N S is at a loss. The child of a professional heavyweight boxer says he’s always trying something different, so fans will be hard-pressed to pin him down.
That said, I’m going to give it my best shot.
B U R N S’ tracks have a distinctly Daft Punk feel to them. They start with a simple melody and build up into a kind of rhythmic frenzy that’ll find you waving your hands and stomping your feet on the dance floor (see “Teknique” video below in which said rhythmic frenzy leads to a baseball-themed and bare-chested ass-kicking party).
Here’s what he has to say for himself. I would say sit back and enjoy the tunes, but I think these beats are best enjoyed on your feat, while bustin’ a move. It’ll be good practice for tonight’s show @ 9:30 Club with Deadmau5 and Kim Fai.

“Teknique”
[This] was a really club-oriented track …the sole purpose was to have a really big impact on the dance floor. There’s no pop feeling about it … It’s all about the whole breakdown of the song in that we sort of build up the tension in it.
“I Could Have Loved You” (Jack Splash Ft. Missy Elliot)
I kind of like the way [this] arrangement turned out. It starts off sounding quite poppy and then it goes into a techno kind of sound. It’s quite a good breakdown towards the end as well and it’s quite melodic too … I kind of like using rap vocals … I find it interesting to play around with them and chop them up a bit.
It’s my favorite remix that I’ve done so far.
“Heartbeats”
[This] one’s a completely sample-based track … [It] was more about the production technique. I was trying to achieve a really nice warm sound using an old guitar loop… It’s got more of a housey feel to it.
“3 Little Words” (FrankMusik)
[This] one’s really melodic. Again, it’s got an older style, sort of house vibe to it. Really I just go with the elements of the original track that I really like and then try to turn that into something that’s completely different.
The original track is really fast, it’s like a 150-something BPM so it’s quite difficult to work. When you get something that’s a different speed from normal songs, it tends to make it more difficult. So I tried to create a melody out of parts of vocals.
Want More:
B U R N S is playing tonight @ 9:30 Club. Don’t forget to bring your dance shoes.











burns’ best work in my opinion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsStPXxSl6U
November 23, 2009 at 5:32 pm