‘The Difference’ between the two artists are carefully exploited on their collaboration!

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Good Morning! It’s been a long week for us all and we’ve finally reached the weekend, eh? I’m Jacob Braybrooke and I’m writing about your daily track on the blog because it’s my day-to-day pleasure to write about a different piece of music every day! “The Difference” is a new single that I’ve heard on BBC Radio 6Music’s A-List for a week or two, created by Australian DJ Flume in collaboration with American electronic music artist Toro Y Moi, who I’m quite fond of. I’m less familiar with Flume, but I know that he’s collaborated with Anna Lunoe in the past. Flume also has remix credits for Arcade Fire, Lorde, Disclosure and Sam Smith. Flume and Moi said on the record: “We made this song between a day at my place in L.A. and a day at Chaz [Bear]’s spot in Oakland,” Flume said in a statement. “This was our first time working together, I’ve been a Toro Y Moi fan for a while. His song “Talamak” is a longtime favorite. I listened to that one a lot when I first started Flume as a project.” It feels like a great tease for something bigger to come. Play spot “The Difference” in the video for the track below.

Frankly, I can taste “The Difference” (I’m sorry, Sainsbury’s) between both artists on their link-up single, as Flume balances a skittering drum-and-bass style with the melodic breakbeat hooks that Moi usually creates, feeling like as much of a collision between the unique qualities of both artists as much as it does a collaboration. It also feels pop-inspired and likeable for a casual audience, which really helps in getting the artistry of Flume and Moi heard. The vocals skillfully tweeter between the skittering trap-led bassline and a glowing, floaty backing vocal sample that hums along to the upbeat chorus. Moi chants: “I don’t know about you/But I got to get out/And I don’t know how soon/But if we die, I want to bring the whole thing” before the layered electro-pop beats implode, leading to an explosion of crisp EDM beats, with the whistling backing vocal sample retaining the cohesion underneath. It’s very short at 2:19, but the track feels like it has a lot to do in it’s brevity. It’s infectious and catchy, while highlighting a little bit of directional growth for both Moi and Flume as modern electro-pop dance artists. The songwriting is built around the vibrancy suitably as well, as I love how it ends abruptly, to spill out the colour but also leave you at a sudden end. It’s excellent! Enjoy it before the mainstream properly catches onto it. I think they will, and I have a feeling you’re going to hear this on loads of adverts soon!

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