Sunday, March 18, 2018

Monsieur Job - Chow Chow eyyy Pow Pow


Monsieur Job - Chow Chow eyyy Pow Pow


Monsieur Jobs’ single “Chow Chow eyyy Pow Pow” is a powerful release from a quartet joined by guest singer Martin Cintron of the band No Mercy. This release from Basswalk Latino is the end result of a project initially conceived by label head Jose Fernando Holguin and brought to reality by the songwriting talents of Stan Kolev and Toby Holguin, but Kolev and Holguin are not alone.  

The experience and skill Leo Jaramillo and Charlie Illera bring to the recording is unquestionably crucial and their combined studio and live pedigree fuses to form one of the more fiery outings in modern pop and EDM I’ve heard in quite some time. This doesn’t settle merely for pandering to listeners with perfunctory beats and shopworn rhythms. Instead, Monsieur Jobs’ “Chow Chow eyyy Pow Pow” rings out with inspired energy and creativity to burn.    
 
Few tracks in this style will sound as complete as this. Newcomers to the genre will find their preconceptions smashed and longtime devotees of the style will be thrilled to hear an outfit that challenges formulas while still hitting all of the fundamental marks. Citron’s vocals are a perfect fit for the radio edit and the variety of ways Kolev and Holguin’s songwriting presents him for listeners is one of the critical reasons this single proves to be such a success. The length is perfect for the performance and well balanced between Citron’s singing and the music. It is true, however, that the arrangement is primarily focused around the drumming, but Monsieur Job possess a wide vision for what percussion means in their music and it becomes the lead instrument, in some ways, providing the foundation upon which everything else exists.  

It’s a powerful reminder of what re-envisioning a style, even a little, can accomplish for an act rambunctious and ambitious enough to pull that off. Stan Kolev’s accompanying remix of the tune is a radical reinvention of the song that, nevertheless, maintains a clear connection to the aforementioned version.  

Kolev recasts “Chow Chow eyyy Pow Pow” as a much harder, ferociously inclined EDM take on the song with the vocals laid scattershot over the track in a way that transforms Citron’s singing into another powerful instrument for the unit. There’s much less outright musicality here than what we hear in the radio edit, but that doesn’t make it lesser. Instead, “Chow Chow eyyy Pow Pow” packs quite a wallop in both forms, albeit manifested in distinctly different ways. Monsieur Job certainly has unusual origins and a different background than most projects in this vein, but that individualistic lineage produces something unique in a genre where uniformity is too often rewarded. Both versions of “Chow Chow eyyy Pow Pow” are sure to entertain audiences and linger in the memory long after the final notes conclude.  
 

Larry Robertson

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