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Disco Science
Mirwais
Production (2000)
Music is generally a passive experience — it doesn’t really take any effort to listen a song. “Disco Science” is an exception. Beyond the “mm-mm” Cannonballs sample, the song is completely instrumental, and when that screaming siren finally comes in for the “chorus,” it practically dares you to keep listening. It is not, in itself, a particularly appealing sound – kind of like a fire alarm – and there is pretty much no way to have this song on “in the background.” But the sinister bassline and whip-like percussion that leads to it turn that noise into the more fable-like version of a siren – something that irresistably calls you to it (potentially to your demise). I’ve never taken drugs, but I imagine this is the kind of dance song that could make you completely trip out.
Also check out: Mirwais’s side project Y.A.S., which takes his trademark catchy electro and combines it with Arabic vocals