Although this track has been available online for over a month now, I feel it's been criminally overlooked and is overdue for some recognition. You may already be familiar with CFCF as Canadian producer Michael Silver, whose eighties-influenced EP 'The River' has been garnering praise in all the right places.Another act infatuated with the decade of shoulder pads and day-glo leggings are Games. Their debut EP 'That We Can Play' released last month evokes John Hughes soundtracks and half-remembered power ballads and is capable of transporting you back to the eighties faster than a DeLorean travelling at 88 miles per hour.
You'd therefore be forgiven for expecting this remix to be a lesson in nostalgia as pointless as a Milli Vanilli reunion, but the production is cuttingly contemporary. Stuttering synth lines and screaming sine waves are reminiscent of a restrained Justice, while the melodic breakdowns offer precious moments of respite before the old skool electro bassline re-emerges to drag you onto the dancefloor. Daunting enough when played through a decent system, it's only when heard through headphones that Games' intricate production values become apparent. In fact I've listened to this track so much recently that I think I'm now partially deaf.
