There?s a lot of buzz from Tuning Spork about a new single by Jay Haze and Ricardo Villalobos, called ?Free Your Mind?. This is their Ibiza smash I?m told. I just got it to do the press for it today (so discount my opinion if you think this makes me a schill.) In any case first impressions are good.
It?s a seriously deep, melancholy piece of Balearic sounding house music, full of little dub hollows and based on a melody which is on that early 90s ?Papua New Guinea? sort of vibe. I can?t really emphasise how much more hippyish and euphoric this is than anything I?ve heard from either producer to date. It?s a really beautiful record which I can see being played by pretty much everyone.
Perhaps to hammer the hippy point home, it comes with a ?Guitar Mix? which has some ecstatic guitar solos in the background (think sleazy). There?s no doubt this is aimed at Ibiza, and I love it. Should be out in time for the summer.
