Coming out of Denver is Lane 8, aka Daniel Goldstein. The DJ and producer is known for his hypnotic house melodies that slowly work their magic, and Stir Me Up is no different. It comes from his second album, Little By Little, that he released in 2018 under his own label, This Never Happened. The track, ironically, feels like it is running in 2 lanes. One is fast paced, with the underlying beat resembling a dubstep rhythm, whilst the slower lane takes centre stage. This is the ebbing and flowing synths that balance the beautiful vocals above them.

Stir Me Up dropped as a surprise single, just a week before Little By Little. The album’s fourth single, it came out of left field for a lot of fans, though they were appreciative nonetheless to experience this record prior to Lane 8’s sophomore project. He has confessed this is one of his favourites off the album, and in a post on his Facebook page when he dropped the single, he talked about how the album format allows songs like this to exist. Speaking of his love for the format, he is appreciative of how it allows artists to divert from their usual sound and experiment with creating a new experience for the listener.

Stir Me Up is a wonderful change of pace in the album as a whole, though it is a strikingly beautiful song that transports you away from wherever you are. If this is what comes from experimentation, maybe Goldstein should think about doing it more often.

 

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