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Aidan Noell featuring Nancy Whang “Sharevari”

It’s not easy to make an effective cover of a classic electronic dance song – you can update it to make it sound modern with new technology but strip out a lot of the song’s character; you can radically alter it and bring it into another genre; you can try to clone it but what’s the point of that? Aidan Noell and Nancy Whang’s interpretation of A Number of Names’ 1981 Detroit underground banger “Sharevari” stays very true to the track’s original arrangement and dutifully replicates its beat programming and keyboard parts, but they transform the vibe of the song with their vocal performances. The original mix features vocals from a guy who sounds like a dance club Dracula – a vague European accent, a seedy but dignified attitude. Noell’s voice sounds more youthful and innocent, like she’s only recently descended into this sexy underworld and is excited to tell you all about it. The original sounds like it’s fronted by a seasoned old seducer, this one is more like the seduced taking a crack at the seducer role.

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