Qymira has never been subtle with her emotions, and her latest release is no exception. The singer-songwriter is back with a new rendition of "Melodrama-Rainforest Club Edit Mix" a blistering genre-blending remix that adds another dimension to her orchestra-pop single. Transition, released via QiiA Media, is the new rework from veteran UK dance music producer Eddie Craig, a striking meeting where heart meets heat.
Across "Melodrama-Rainforest Club Edit Mix" there is no time wasted from the first beat. Eddie Craig speeds up the pace, switches out its sweeping strings for razor-sharp synth lines, and propels the track forward with a pulse that never lets up. The groove plods along unyieldingly but exact, a compliment to Qymira's plaintive screams? Her voice, demanding, commanding as ever, is the magnetic centre of the song, but it floats above another bed of a sick beat that slides up from below, violent and slick as black ice and cajoling even you to the dance.
Melodrama is a story about the art of deception, but it's also a record about power and manipulation. It was a song about getting caught up in another person's drama, where charm covers over domination and truth gets squishy. That tension is amplified in this Rainforest Edit, as the fans' sense permeates through the production, akin to how the story unfolds. Every drop and build feels like wading further into a high-stakes game of the mind, playing out on a strobe-lighting-soaked dancefloor where danger is just as appealing as it is inescapable.
Eddie Craig possesses a dance pedigree spanning decades. Most famous as one half of The Wideboys, Craig has produced smash hits for pop royalty, including Kylie Minogue, Rihanna, Girls Aloud, and The Pussycat Dolls, as well as achieving over 500 million streams throughout his career. The push and pull of underground know-how and chart-smashing instinct is strong here. The "Melodrama-Rainforest Club Edit Mix" keeps the track club-ready without losing the poetic heft and histrionic punch that gave it life in the first place.
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