Channeling the sugar-rush sonics of 2010s producers like SOPHIE and Hudson Mohawke, the Danish producer’s bright, booming pop-techno playfully conveys a spirit of endless optimism.
If the music blog ecosystem hadn’t been decimated by DMCA takedowns, streaming services, and the broad centralization of the internet, ”Forever,” by the Danish producer Hekt featuring Smerz, might be ruling the Hype Machine’s charts right now. The mp3 blog aggregator was, theoretically, taste-agnostic, but there was a general vibe to the music that got big there in the site’s heyday: The songs that flourished, like “Paris (Aeroplane Remix)” and “Crave You (Adventure Club Dubstep Remix),” were both pretty and edgy, and often tapped into the primal pleasures of hearing a radiant pop melody atop bassy, Limoncello-scented club music.
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