Bob Sinclar’s ‘Far l'Amore’ saw him returning to his club roots with a main room house anthem displaying that special touch of humour that only Bob can provide. Now with a host of sizzling remixes from Dutch stars Franky Rizardo and Roul and Doors, there can be no stopping it.
First up, Franky Rizardo provides two interpretations, both of which display his unquestionable mastery of thunderous drums and inventive percussion.
“When I start a remix, I try different approaches to see what works” he says of his technique. “This time I was quite happy with most of my tryouts, so I decided to mix everything together. This resulted in a combo between percussion drums and big hooks.
“As I think this track is going to be for a wider audience I wanted to keep the remix fresh and evolving throughout the track, switching from drums to synths. I also made a second Alternative Remix for the people who are even more into the big synths, without losing the tribal feel.”
The original track is quite far from Rizardo’s usual style, with Sinclar’s poppy, sometimes brash approach to production contrasting sharply with Rizardo’s more ‘heads down’ approach. Was this in issue when it came to working with the track?
“At first I had my doubts” he admits “and I was having some difficulties getting my sound combined with the original track, but after I decided to only use the main vocal everything went a lot smoother. By not forcing yourself to use parts you don't really need, it’s a lot easier to let your imagination fill in the rest” he continues. “All in all I hope people will enjoy the tracks as much as I enjoyed producing them!”
Next up, Roul and Doors have – in typically emphatic fashion - provided an uplifting banquet of soaring synths and pounding drums that typifies their enthusiastic approach to remixes.
“We believe that a remix should add something to the original mix and deliver a different vibe” they report of their approach. “We tried a couple of things, but ended up by having the best feeling with a more main room approach. We like to let the melody really add to the vocal in tone and rhythm and this remix is a good example of how we think we've done that, in a similar way to what we did with Copyright's ‘Kama Yeah’.
Again, the duo experienced a little difficulty in properly getting to grips with the source material. “We definitely had to go back to the drawing table a couple of times!” they laugh. “As the original mix has been played a lot on the radio, you get used to the original mix and any deviation from that sounds slightly strange. Things like that make you doubt whether you got the right vibe. Luckily we reckon we managed to give the track a different feeling, so we hope you like it too!
