AV Super Sunshine release Time Bomb
The musical time bomb driving the verve and gusto of AV Super
Sunshine’s latest song “Time Bomb” takes the form of two distinct mixes. The
club mix is the longer of the two songs, clocking in over five minutes in
length, but it’s an overwhelming tour de force of electronica without a single
extraneous musical movement. Much of the credit for this, naturally, goes to AV
Super Sunshine for penning such a convincing synthesis of EDM and rock, but
AV’s longtime collaborator Michael Bradford definitely deserves the spotlight
as well. He turns a dynamic radio track into a full throttle, careening blast
of electronic musical genius while retaining the elements making the radio
version so effective., yet utilized in a different fashion.
The mix rarely skirts the edge of distortion and, instead, puts
an “overdrive” effect on AV’s vocals only sparingly. One thing that leaps out,
among others, about this particular version is how Bradford resolutely refuses
to push the envelope too far. He has a clear vision of what a club mix of this
song must sound like and, as a result, his take on AV’s radio mix has
confidence and artfulness many other such efforts lack. It’s interesting, when
juxtaposing this against the radio mix, which elements Bradford chooses to
accentuate and those he chooses to submerge into the heavy synthesizer thrust
of the song. Nonetheless, this is obviously an apt track for a club setting,
but even more intimate settings will receive quite a kick in the pants from
this mix. It should be played loud – it DEMANDS to be played as loud as your
system can handle.
AV Super Sunshine’s radio version is a much different animal,
but clearly cut from the same cloth. The synthesizers are understated here, in
comparison to the other version, but their presence is strong throughout and
it’s apparent how many of the building blocks this take on the song supplies
for the club mix. Overall, the radio vision for this song is much more
“traditional” than we hear from the club version. The melodic strengths of the track are framed
much more decisively and the vocal has a much different flavor with the female
backing vocals contrasting well with the lead vocal. The presence of piano
cascading through the mix lightens the song’s touch a little without ever
sacrificing its modern edge.
‘Time Bomb” has a fantastic sound in both versions and the
varying takes on this tune never lose sight of the great song beneath all of
the glitz and flash. In the end, that’s what it comes down to – AV Super
Sunshine is more than just a gripping performing unit for modern audience, it
references the current and past in a highly charged balance that sets it apart
from virtually anything else out there in 2018 or, even, in recent history.
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Matthew Johns
