call on me, you got my number

genre: house/electronica/down-tempo
artist: Joshua Heath ft Colette
album: Call On Me
tracks: Call On Me (main mix); Call On Me (Giano Mix)
street date: June 29th 2010
label: Candy Talk Records

Colette and Joshua Heath combine their diverse range of talents to deliver a track that is sure to fill dance floors all summer long. Colette brings with her a long history of chart-topping experience and ten years of hard work that has finally brought her new label, Candy Talk Records, into existence. With Candy Talk, Colette promises to "dial up a dynamic sound that defies the conventionalities of of house music" and deliver tracks that "make [their] way everywhere from dark & dirty clubs, to big ol' shiny raves."

Well, she couldn't have picked a better track to act as the label's first big release.

The main mix of Call On Me starts with a sensual beat that gets subtly built upon throughout the length of the track. Colette's emotive voice anchors the song while funky layers are continually added and stripped away so artfully that you can't help but wonder, "what just changed here?"

Fast forward a few tracks to the Giano mix (but go back and listen to the ones in between later!!) for a more trancey, more sultry, more moody version of the song. The main beat serves as the consistency-factor in this mix, while Giano plays with Colette's gorgeous vocals like a kid plays with a new toy; he uses the full 7 minutes and 16 seconds of the song to experiment with all the fun vocal variations you can imagine.

in summary: the ADD kids don't need Adderall-- they just need some Colette, Joshua Heath, and Giano to grab and hold their attention. Hey, it worked for me.