It’s summer. Don’t believe me look out the window. You are going to need a song to accompany the fun times ahead. For millions of kids across the world it will be Jeremih’s Birthday Sex. The song is ultimately divisive, most music (R and B especially) purists hate it, others don’t mind, surprisingly I haven’t heard anyone that flat out hates it. Either way the song isn’t fast enough to be enjoyed during the afternoon, it’s a little too slow.
Step in Damage and DJ Venom. Their remix of the track is easily the best one that I have heard. The song is instantly transported from the bedroom to the club, beach or even the park. It’s like its has been merged with all those memories of early 00’s soulful garage, late 90’s euphoric house and today’s UK Funky.
I asked DJ Venom a couple of questions about their remix.
Who are you?
I'm DJ Venom from
Why Jeremih?
We choose the song because it's fun. And.... most hip hop and R'N'B's between 80-110bpm which means you have to add nasty time-stretching to get it to a danceable bpm. This track's about 60bpm - we could add a double-time 120bpm
What other stuff are you working on?
Currently we're working on lots of original material and a few more remixes. I'm a big fan of all the new diva groups like Rich Girl, Electrik Red and Vistoso Bosses. I wanna do some bootlegs soon. We'll have a mixtape out dropping in a few weeks too.
Surprisingly this song doesn’t use autotune, he does that naturally with his voice. What are your thoughts on Autotune?
Autotune has its place but it's a bit tired. All the 90s new jacks and jills didn't use it. I guess that's why that stuff sounds really fresh at the moment.
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Love this track!
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