Artists : La Bien Querida

“I’ve had the melody going round my head for a few years now,” explains Vitalic, “a real earworm that I always promised myself I’d do something with one day. Then its struck me it would be perfect as an introduction, a great opening track for my album “Voyager”.” This electronic obsession went on to become “El Viaje” (‘the voyage’ in Spanish), a short, unusual track crafted as only he knows how – first the scratching of un guitar, then a synth line, the two twisting together Tetris-like before aligning into one perfectly synthetic mesh. “It was good, but I didn’t get to explore completely what I had in mind,” Vitalic adds. “An essential element was missing – Spanish lyrics, something that can make a track radiate, make it universal and positive.”Now remodelled and extended, with the bass lowered (to let the vocals shine through), Spanish lyrics that drip with lurv and smooth vocals like a sexy whisper, “El Viaje” – now transformed and renamed “Tu Conmigo”- is now on an entirely different plane, one that might have some Vitalic fans a little taken aback. With a melody that will burrow into your mind, bringing to mind holidays abroad, and lyrics reminiscent of your first summer loves, “Tu Conmigo” is one of those songs that seduce you with a single listen and beg to be listened to again, and again and again. It’s refreshingly nestled in a sweet spot between pop, disco and electronic music – sticky with positive vibes and summer joy, but also tinged with a certain melancholy. Think 70s crooner meets analogue synths on the dancefloor over thirty years down the line. A future classic!