in love: lovelee dae

I don’t quite remember for sure, but I think it was none other than eMusic’s Electronic columnist Philip Sherburne that turned me onto the pleasures of Blaze’s “Lovelee Dae.” Quite simply, for house music fans, there is no better tune for the heat of the summer. It’s got it all: a bouncy, bulbous beat, a niggling little melodic flourish at the end of each measure, and a refrain that says it all, “It’s a lovely day/ and the sun is shining/ Everywhere I go/ I see children smiling.” If you’ve ever wanted to hear a poppier version of what Villalobos was getting at on Alcachofa, this is it. Classic!