Sirens
by Bradley Stern
filed under: Cascada, Hot Club Track Of The Week, Inna, Play and Win, Sirens

mg 9667 as smart object 1 Hot Club Track of the Week: Inna   10 Minutes

Are y’all aware of Inna?

Perhaps you’ve seen the name before. She’s the Romanian dance-pop sensation responsible for some major international club smashes, including “Hot” and “Amazing.”

After sweeping in multiple categories at the 2010 MTV Romania Music Awards (including the much coveted “Best Website Award”–snatch it, Inna!), the singer unleashed her latest single, “10 Minutes” in the US in November and France in December, with plans to release the song under 3 Beat Records in the UK later this month.

Yesterday, AATW Records released the UK Video Edit of “10 Minutes” which–as you might be able to tell–features a lot of sexy low-cut tops and not a whole lot else.

“10 Minutes” isn’t entirely different from every Cascada production ever (and the “oh, oh!” moments remind of Sirens“Stilletos”), but it’s still a fun little club sizzler in its own right. “I’m gonna break even da law of da gravity to see you in da morning,” Inna adorably croons, her Romanian accent still heavily intact.

A few days ago, 3 Beat uploaded the entire remix EP onto SoundCloud featuring eleven different remixes of “10 Minutes,” including mixes by Hi Def, Liam Keegan and the song’s producers, Play & Win.

I’m feeling the Play & Win Club Mix at the moment, which features some “We No Speako Americano” horn sections. Check ‘em all out above!

“10 Minutes” was released on November 2 in the US. (iTunes)


by Bradley Stern
filed under: Deekay, Introduucing..., JLS, Kylie Minogue, Lady Gaga, Paula Abdul, Sirens, Sugababes

 Songs About Shoes: A Taste of The Sirens Upcoming Single, Stilettos

Meet (the) Sirens, a girl group from Newcastle, England. You’ve probably never heard of them, but maybe you have.

The sirens of Sirens have actually been around ever since 2003, although their music has never really struck a chord with the general public. In fact, their greatest chart success was a single called “Baby (Off the Wall)” that peaked at #49 on the UK Charts, though the group did go ‘big in Japan.’ (For the record, so did Jennifer Love Hewitt. Make of that what you will.)

Don’t remember the song? Me either. Let’s review together, shall we?

As you can see, there was room for improvement.

Turn to 2010: The girls are back (can a girl group truly be ‘back’ if they were never here to begin with? I digress), and vastly better than ever thanks to a brand new single coming out later this year called “Stilettos.” You can now treat yourself to thirty seconds of the song below:

INCREDIBLE.

“Stilettos” was produced by Danish production team Deekay, responsible for tracks by JLS, the Sugababes, and most importantly, Paula Abdul‘s global smash, “Dance Like There’s No Tomorrow.”

Yes, it’s a bit of obvious ‘modern sounding’ dance pop. And yes, the image and sound are all very heavily “inspired” by Lady Gaga and Kylie Minogue. But who’s going to turn down an electro-stomper about a pair of pumps? I mean, come on.

Note: The full track is ALL shades of amazing. There’s lots of talk about inches and stomping and clicking. All good things.

Girls, welcome back. Or…well, welcome here in the first place.

“Stilletos” will be released on October 4 via Kitchenware Records.




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