Dromomania has been an interest of ours for awhile now. The left-field Bahamian duo comprised of Wolf Rizzla & Ciggz give us such a thrill because you just do not hear music like this coming out of our region. Well, after waiting for a bit, Dromomania is one step closer to the release of their debut album with the release of their demo album.
The album has a 15 song track list: made up of two acts. We listened to the album 3 times, from beginning to end. The album is euphoria; a feeling of traveling through galaxies. We can see hipsters falling in love with Dromomania. There is a signature sound throughout the album that is very much apparent but it never gets tired or sound the same.
As it is the demo album, the songs are not perfected; vocals have to be rerecorded and guests features have to be put in. Wolf & Ciggz have come quite a ways within the past year. Oh, the entire album was written and produced by Wolf who now feels the album is fifty percent completed. Here’s how he describes the album:
It’s an experimental Pop album and it’s loosely conceptual – especially in Act II but you will hear that for yourself. It was written mostly in the AM which is why it has a sort of dark-eerie feel to it. It’s also inspired by love, science fiction, the future, Montreal, loss, heartbreak, losing yourself…
After the finishing touches and other polishing is completed, Dromomania will have a gem of a debut album. Below you can listen to two tracks: “Blunt,” “What I Want” and “The Colony.” View the track list after…
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We’ll express our happiness tomorrow, but yesterday Dromomania got one step closer to releasing their debut album. The duo gave us a taste of their debut album in demo form. We’ll discuss more in our write up tomorrow but even in demo form, the album is truly great. One song that we heard almost two years ago is here, under the title of “Radiate.”
Formerly “Florence,” “Radiate” is a gem. Once mastered, this song is going to be a knockout. From the minimal bass-packed production to Wolf Rizzla’s execution of vocals… slick track.
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There was some intentional leakage yesterday as the demo of Dromomania’s “Love High” featuring Jay Complex popped up on Twitter. The unexpected yet exciting collaboration is just a rough cut but once polished and mastered this will be a WINNER.
The production is some sorta subtle electronic heat. Dromomania has a lane of music that we absolutely need in our lives. Oh, can we jump on how Complex sounds over a Dromomania beat: RAGIN’. Look, whoever y’all are, give these potential filled artists a BIG BUDGET and let them make sonic magic.
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Last year after the initial leak of GaGa’s “Telephone,” it was mentioned that the song was given to Britney Spears’ to appear on her greatest hits album but we all now where the song eneded up.
Here’s Britney Spears’ demo of the track. We posted because we know many of you will like it but we truly and honestly dislike this song, no matter who sings it.
UPDATE: Surprise, surprise, this demo is not actually B. Spears. Who cares, the post did the trick of…
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Ester Dean is on a roll with many writing credits, most notably Rihanna’s “Rude Boy” and Christina Aguilera’s upcoming “Not Myself Tonight.” Now she’s co-writing on Young Jeezy’s first single from the rapper’s fourth studio album, Thug Motivation 103. The single is entitled “Mama Told Me” and Dean is singing in place of Beyoncé for a demo cut.
We smell a radio hit for Jeezy. The radio and the public just eat up these hard rappers’ songs with a soft hook. Beyoncé alone will aid in making it possible. Jeezy is great on his own anyway so the combination of the two will take this Middle-Eastern shaded song to a higher level.
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An old reference track is swimming through the net waves and the song was supposedly for Jamie Foxx. The song entitled “Fall For Your Type” finds Drake leaving his rapping skills on the bench for his singing abilities.
Please, please, we beg that at least one track like this makes Thank Me Later. This is the Drake we can become a fan of. Him singing over a minimal production seems almost organic and so effortless and smooth. His rapping is blazin’ but… we still cannot get over his remix he did of Lykke Li’s “Little Bit.”
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Earlier this morning we brought you Bahamian singer Saniyah and now we have another Bahamian act on the rise. The duo go by the name of Dromomania. Though, not as established as other Bahamian artists we’ve showcased, they receive our unlimited respect for their international take on music. In addition to that, everything they’ve let us sample was written and produced by them. Below is a little bio of the duo:
Cigz and Wolf Rizzla are Dromomania. The group formed in November of 2009 after Wolf had become bored with only working on solo material. Having met Cigz a year earlier and knowing of her raspy, soulful voice, one that could compliment his spunky voice, he asked her to form a duo that would make electro music unlike any other in their native Bahamas. Since then, the pair have been working and writing furiously on demos for an upcoming EP and LP. The 19-year-olds intend on putting out vinyls by late Fall/early Winter followed by an LP entitled Amour Noir. Inspired by Gnarls Barkley, French Techno, Nina Simone, Gorillaz, Italodisco, 60′s girl and boy groups and Daft Punk (just to name a few), one can expect a debut album made with plenty of heart. Dromomania’s hypnotizing, layered, melody-driven songs are aimed to make you dance and cry at the same time!
Confirmed tracks for Amour Noir include “Alien,” “Last Call,” “Proper,” “Love Injection,” “Mirror Ball,” “The Day You Die,” “Centuries” and the title track “Amour Noir.” Dromomania has a lot to bring to the table, A LOT. It would be a shame if they deter from all that potential. Listen to a demo snippet of their first single, “The Day You Die,” which samples the 90′s hit “Mr. Vain” and some Neptunes’ drums.
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A new arrival on the Last Train to Paris is here, or a potential rider. The song is entitled ” They Don’t Love Me” and features The-Dream.
This sounds like it needs mastering but besides that, everything we’ve heard that’s meant for Last Train… including the LQ club rips sounds amazing. If the album ever sees the light of day it will have the clubs vibrating with joy, sound systems booming for life and humans moving uncontrollably.
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If Lady GaGa and Britney Spears collaborated what could we expect? A 90′s infused , uptempo radio jam, of course. Some unknown female vocalist submitted this demo to Britney Spears. There are so many demos nowadays but this one would actually sound fitting to the duo. It most likely will not happen but we wonder if this demo will do for this song as “Silly Boy” did for Eva Simmons… nahhhh.
A few days ago a bonus track from the Japanese edition of Graffiti entitled “They Say” leaked. Today, an unexpected demo of the very same song leaked with Kelis on vocal duties and Jean Baptiste on background… The songs are identical except for a few ad-libs from Brown’s version and a few other elements here and there as it is a finished track. Although Brown’s version is finished Kelis wins this battle as her voice is more suited for the type of song. Her vocal style just complements the production better than Brown’s deeper pitch.
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