So Long Without You

Daphni featuring Caribou “Waiting So Long”

Dan Snaith started releasing dance music as Daphni to differentiate it from his psychedelic indie project Caribou. This is not uncommon in electronic music, and of course, it’s very common for authors to have pen names for different genres in publishing. But as Caribou has evolved to sound more like Daphni, it was probably inevitable that Daphni would end up sounding more like Caribou. And so here we are…Daphni featuring Caribou, the Snaith singularity.

So what is this great synthesis of Snaith and Snaith? Basically, it just means that he sings on this song, and he hasn’t sung on other Daphni tracks. Otherwise he’s off in the deep end of French filter house in the vein of Daft Punk and Alan Braxe, very far from established Caribou territory. “Waiting So Long” is a particularly great track in this genre, with a relaxed groove and airy Snaith vocal breezing over a drum track that gently swings from ultra chill to mega hype.

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