Best New Tracks - Pitchfork: Todd Terje: "Johnny and Mary" [ft. Bryan Ferry] (Robert Palmer cover) |  |
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Posted: 25 Mar 2014 07:43 AM PDT
Photo by Christian Belgaux
Up until now, Todd Terje's musical home has existed between 100 and 130 BPM, a moderately lively location for any dedicated practitioner of classic disco edits and remixes. For his and Bryan Ferry's cover of Robert Palmer's "Johnny and Mary", whizzed right past his usual stomping grounds, and brought the bubbly song down to the quiet, dimly lit corner of 62 BPM. Opening with light flurries of starry synths and a bare, snapping beat reinforced by subtle low-end, Terje's production meditates on the same wistful undertones in the original "Johnny and Mary": melodies lilt and billow in slow motion, seemingly transfixed by the memories evoked through Bryan Ferry's smoke-worn croon. The Roxy Music icon delivers Palmer's story of love and self-fulfillment like it was written about his own past, all distant and aching with experience, and the producer coaxes those pensive emotions to swell larger and larger with each woosh of sweeping arpeggiations and spacey guitar trail. On their "Johnny and Mary", Terje and Ferry deliver a lovingly dedicated homage and a remarkable discovery of a classic song's hidden possibilities. Todd Terje: "Johnny and Mary" [ft. Bryan Ferry] (Robert Palmer cover) on SoundCloud.  |
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