A lot of great dance music has been produced over the years. To ensure that these tracks will never be forgotten, we will post a once-thriving track every Thursday! We feel it’s a refreshment of the past and we hope this track will bring back memories and that it will give you the same awesome feeling that it had once given us. This week we have chosen: Strobe by Deadmau5!
Beautiful… Strobe is arguably one of the greatest electronic songs ever made. I believe it is one of the best songs due to its ability to elicit a wide variety of emotions through its complexity in sound. Strobe transcends from a calmed and relaxed state of mind, which has your embrace from the very first second, into a more “upbeat” progressive energy through every kick and clap backing an energetic synth-lead. It’s crystalline melody, deep symphonic pads, and jungle-like percussion educe a coma-like state in its listener. Deadmau5 utilizes numerous musical elements through a constant cycle of build-ups and breakdowns; after a calmed section of airy bells, a deep piano carrying a whizzing, string concerto embraces your eardrums. After fading away, he builds into his signature chord progressions and energetic kick lines. After being broken down once more, a purely electric synthesizer carries the song onward until its end. Even as the song fades off into nothing, the energy carries on in you. This is why I believe Strobe will forever be a “timeless” piece. The song never really ends, the energy never dies…
