You Timed Your Move Just Right

Discodeine featuring Jarvis Cocker “Synchronize”

I wish Jarvis Cocker would do more dance music. Like, an entire album of it. That lusty, wry, erudite voice of his fits perfectly in this context, especially when the electronic grooves and stately disco strings match his particular balance of classiness and lasciviousness. “Synchronize” is pretty straightforward in its conceit, but Cocker has a way of bending fairly standard lyrics about dancing and time just enough to make them seem fresh and sexy. Discodeine’s arrangement builds around Cocker in exciting ways — I love the rhythmic keyboard part that kicks in on the chorus, thought it’s kind of a stock move — and gives him enough space for vocal nuance as well as dramatic gestures. This is a fantastic team-up. Is there a petition we can start to get more like this?

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