Come together
David Guetta is definitely one of my all-time DJ-ing, perhaps even musical, heroes. And he sums up perfectly what I find so intriguing and inspiring about dance music; the collaboration. Dance has produced some inspired “duets” over the years, some unexpected and some that have launched, or perhaps relaunched, careers.
Collaborating means working pretty closely together, even if you are actually both recording your separate parts in studios hundreds of miles away! Kind of like working with the national headquarters of your red diesel supplier, to make sure the local branch delivers on time… It must be hard for some of the divas who make appearances on these dance tracks to follow orders, but they have to remember whose work it is. After all, these records are always “David Guetta featuring….”. There’s no doubt in my mind who’s in charge.
One of my favourite ever collaborations doesn’t actually involve David Guetta – although his track “When Love Takes Over” with the vastly under-rated Kelly Rowland definitely makes my top five! The number one has to be the genius “Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love)” by Spiller and the Blue Peter progeny Sophie Ellis-Bextor. Genius for so many things; the summer vibe, the typical Ibiza beat, the hilarious video and the bravery of recording with a girl who was more known as an unsuccessful indie singer than someone who could “do” dance. I would never have picked that as a winning combination; maybe I don’t know as much about dance music as I like to think…
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