Picture Book – Sunshine (Hugo Lecercq Extended Mix)
Picture Book are brothers Dario Darnell and Lorne Ashley, born in New York and raised in Manchester. And, yes, they are related to August Darnell (Kid Creole) but we shall try not to hold this against them. Free download of the dancefloor friendly Hogo Lecercq remix.
The original mix of Sunshine (with vocalist Greta Svabo Bech) is a perfectly innocuous piece of dance pop chart bothering fodder. The Dreamy version is, frankly, stronger since the vocals get more play. It reeks of suntan, sangria and disappointing holiday sex. The Justin Faust version goes all 80s in a slightly tedious way. But it’s the Hugo Lecercq that catches the attention. This toughens everything up for the dancefloor, with an insistent synth and masses of strings. This isn’t big or clever but it is difficult not to be uplifted by it.
Sunshine (Hugo Lecercq Extended Mix)
Blurb: Picture Book are brothers Dario Darnell and Lorne Ashley, born in New York City and raised in Manchester, UK. Dario and Lorne have inherited a love of song writing and performing from their father August Darnell, lead singer and band leader of the legendary Kid Creole & The Coconuts. Dario and Lorne have spent the last three years based in Liverpool, where they attended University whilst writing, recording and performing, often contributing their skills to other artists work. whilst creating a musical agenda for their artist project, Picture Book. In creating their own unique style of electronic dance music, they perform multiple instruments in their live show, often simultaneously, to create exciting and memorable live performances. Picture Book will release their first commercial EP ‘At Last’ in January 2012. The four track EP was co-written and recorded with Grammy nominated vocalist Greta Svabo Bech, who featured on Deadmau5′s ‘Raise Your Weapon’. The EP demonstrates the breadth of songwriting skills, from the uptempo and immediate Sunshine, to the more reflective Terminally in Love. The lead single, ‘Sunshine’, was produced by Picture Book, with additional production and mixing by super hot French DJ & producer ‘Hugo Leclercq. Second track ‘Jealousy’ was co-produced and mixed with Dan Grech, who produced The Vaccines 2011 breakthrough album. The third track, Terminally In Love, and final track, Surrender, were produced and mixed by Picture Book.
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