Katie Melua - The Flood [Produced by William Orbit

[Fool_4_Music]

The new Katie Melua single "The Flood" is being released in the UK on May 17th, followed by her fourth studio album The House on May 24th. Produced by William Orbit (Madonna's Ray of Light album), this is a new musical direction for Melua. While the new single is very much her, she's taking a risk and trying something different which I applaud. "The Flood" was written by Katie, Guy Chambers and Lauren Christy.

From the press release:

‘The Flood’ was one of the songs Katie sent to William Orbit that enticed him out of his self-imposed retirement as a producer: "I was captivated by Katie’s voice when I first heard her demos in October last year and, although not having been involved in record production for some time, felt that I just had to work with her." recalls William. "It turned out to be one of the most rewarding experiences of my life and a pleasure from start to finish. I have been hypnotised by the many colours and moods of her voice, and the deep emotional waters of her lyrics and melodies. She is one of the most complex and intriguing artists that I have ever worked with."

Check out a sample of her new material (including "The Flood" on Dramatico Entertainment's YouTube channel:

www.youtube.com/user/DramaticoMusic#p/u/0/09WMGgkmowI

Included in the clip is Melua filming the video for "The Flood" which looks AMAZING.

Katie Melua is one of my FAVORITE UK artists and has been since she released "The Closest Thing To Crazy" back in 2003. Born in Georgia (the country) and raised in the UK Melua is only 25 years old but still manages to sell out arena tours in the UK and throughout Europe. I was fortunate enough to see her play an intimate gig here in Cambridge, MA. AMAZING live. Beautiful voice. Check her out if she can! She has a big European tour coming up and hopefully she'll be in the U.S. after that. The House comes out stateside on August 2nd.

With the single release coming closer, a promo has surfaced featuring some remixes by Danny Kirsch. I'm VERY excited about this project.


Track listing:

1. Danny Kirsch Remix
2. Danny Kirsch Dub
3. Danny Kirsch Instrumental
4. Danny Kirsch Radio Edit
5. Radio Edit

[Fool_4_Music]

The music video premiered today online. I happen to think it's STUNNING. Visually very cool. The whole bull-riding/piano bit is really cool, as are the male dancers. Can't wait to hear the remixes.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E4-9yKTv_I

[Quasi]

I like this original song and video. They are definitely different and interesting. I hope the vocal gets a wide array of remix treatments to take it in all kinds of directions. It would be nice if one of them turns out to be a haunting big room mix.

[Fool_4_Music]

The mixes have leaked. I quite like them actually. Preserves the haunting quality of her vocal. Her vocal in the beginning of the song seems a bit TOO slowed down but overall I think the mix is quite beautiful.

I reached out to Danny Kirsch, the remixer and this is what he had to say about the project:

I was approached by Katie's radio plugger about remixing the track and when they sent me William Orbit's radio edit I loved it straight away and agreed to do it immediately! I have done a main extended vocal mix, a radio edit and also a dub.

I honestly don't have any info other than that my edit has been played on various radio stations including Radio 2 and that my edit is playlisted on Gaydar Radio. I also know that the DJs are loving it and therefore its getting a buzz in clubland.

I don't know whether the single will be download only but if Dramatico do decide to press up physical CDs then I'm quite sure my mixes will be on the CD and also the digital download stores such as itunes. Also the mixes are bound to end up on youtube eventually......they always do!!!!

[Fool_4_Music]

A new JAKWOB Remix can be heard on his MySpace page: www.myspace.com/jakwob