Dolly Parton’s classic “Jolene” gets an overhaul for the dancefloor with a new remix. A rare officially sanctioned update of Parton’s work, “Jolene (Destructo Remix)” was released Friday.
Destructo, the producer/DJ guise of Gary Richards, builds on the rhythmic elements that made “Jolene” so compelling in its original form: the funky, minor-key guitar riff, the disco-lite beat, and brisk tempo are all ideal building blocks for remixing. Destructo adds subtle washes of synth, looping the first syllable of the word “Jolene” as a punchy house-beat drops.
In the choruses,...
Destructo, the producer/DJ guise of Gary Richards, builds on the rhythmic elements that made “Jolene” so compelling in its original form: the funky, minor-key guitar riff, the disco-lite beat, and brisk tempo are all ideal building blocks for remixing. Destructo adds subtle washes of synth, looping the first syllable of the word “Jolene” as a punchy house-beat drops.
In the choruses,...
- 11/12/2021
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Asif Kapadia strikes gold again with the near-perfect biopic of footballer Diego Maradona. The documentary director depicts what many consider ‘the hand of god’ in such a way that highlights both Maradona’s immense skills as a player, and his many flaws as a human being and celebrity figure, often wrestling with the two personas of Diego from Argentina, and Maradona the man who saved Naples, Italy. Diego Maradona begins urgently; rough archive footage of a car convoy rushing to a press conference as the techno-beats of Todd Terje and his track Delorean Dynamite play as other footage of Maradona and those in praise of him are spliced in. The soundtrack remains excellent throughout. These are the opening credits of the film, and feel...
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- 10/3/2019
- Screen Anarchy
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