Zero 7 have been kings of downtempo for some time now, making great chilled out tunes with the likes of Sia and Jose Gonzalez as regular guest singers, and possibly my favourite song of theirs is the sentimentally lovestruck Somersault. To be honest, I could have chosen pretty much any Zero 7 song, but Futures, Pageant of the Bizarre and The Space Between were extremely close contenders with this song.
The original song is a beautifully relaxing ditty about love and relationships, but the remix adds an entirely new dimension to the song. Danger Mouse and MF Doom have combined to create an incredibly chilled out, perfectly synergised version - Doom's rapping fits perfectly with the tone of the song, lessening the over-the-top sweetness of the lyrics whilst keeping to the topic: 'the flutter of her eyelashes helped to clear the tension'. His delivery is so unique and his voice fits perfectly into a chilled out tone - the song is perfect to relax to without being as samey as some of the classic chill music you usually find.
I talked about this song in a earlier post about some remixes I had found on YouTube, but I couldn't help but use it again here because it's a more unusual approach to chill music that works so well and you can really see the skill of Danger Mouse and Doom when they remix a song like this.
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