Mike Mago & Dragonette - 'Outlines' Track Review

A new record from Amsterdam based producer Mike Mago ticks all the boxes for making a house anthem, and it's sure to get you dancing. He has teamed up with Canadian synth-pop electro group 'Dragonette', to create a summer fuelled party track with an instantly memorable chorus, female vocals provided by Dragonette singer 'Martina Sorbara'. Sorbara's voice brings an interesting style to the song as she is heard to easily switch between singing sweet melodies in the verses to chanting out the chorus in true 'club classic' fashion, ("Another love undercover/Outlines of a heart!")

Although overused in pop and house music in the charts, the pulsating beat and reverbs in this track are well executed and I expect it will become a great floor filler in clubs when it's released on the 2nd of February 2015. The looped bass lines and synthesisers is enough reason alone to get everyone's feet tapping, if not, they'll all be fist pumping their way to the dance floor!

After hearing the song, I was intrigued to watch the video and was pleasantly surprised. After admittedly making an assumption that it was going to be a conventional house music video with slow motion shots of people dancing in a club, it made a refreshing change to see a really great concept for the video. During the video, there are colour overlays that follow a woman around a grey room as she is dancing, and even though it sounds like a simple idea, it was captivating and I felt it brought the song to life.

Although this track may not be anything particularly original or out of the ordinary, it serves and fulfils the purpose of being a vibrant house record. It follows in the footsteps of artists such as 'Clean Bandit' and 'Disclosure', and is definitely one to add to the club party playlist.



Hannah Jolley

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