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Artenvielfalt, The Project, Miss NatNat

I'm Done

A short deep house song by the German producer duo Artenvielfalt with The Project and the singer Miss NatNat, released by the French label Délicieuse: three minutes thirty-nine, with a club mix and two remixes beside it.

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Review

Genre and Mood

Artenvielfalt, The Project and Miss NatNat made I’m Done as a song, not a club tool: Discogs files the release under deep house and house, but the version here is three minutes thirty-nine, with the long mixes left to the rest of the EP. This page files it as groovy and relaxed, the register of a short vocal deep house track rather than of a peak-time one.

Song Summary

I’m Done is the first of four tracks on an EP that the French label Délicieuse Records lists in September 2015. The credits that come with the recording name Lennart Vonau of Artenvielfalt as producer, arranger, engineer and bass player, Jörg Müller-Lornsen as singer, and Bartosz Strzelecki and Günter Haas on guitar. Müller-Lornsen, Strzelecki and Vonau wrote the music; Müller-Lornsen and Natalie Katharina Strenge, the Miss NatNat of the title, wrote the words.

Musical Breakdown

No published review describes I’m Done part by part, so this review gives the frame rather than a map. It is a short vocal version with live guitars and bass in the credits, released alongside a Club Mix of 6:15 and two remixes of over six minutes each. Listen for what the short version keeps: the voices and the song.

Concepts in Focus

Miss NatNat is a <a href=“https://korczis.github.io/sonic-playground/concept/featured-artist/” class=“concept-link font-medium text-primary-700 underline decoration-dotted underline-offset-4 hover:decoration-solid dark:text-primary-400” data-concept=“featured-artist” title=“A guest performer credited on another artist’s track, usually as “feat.”: a rapper’s verse, a singer’s hook or a second voice. Features bring together different styles and audiences and are central to hip-hop, R&B and dance music.“>featured artist, credited on the title next to the two acts and in the credits as a co-writer of the lyric. The credits also name a second singer, so I’m Done carries more than one voice.

The EP shows the difference between an alternate version and a remix. The Club Mix is credited to the same artists and is simply longer, made for DJs; the remixes by Marlon Hoffstadt with HRRSN and by Björn Störig are other producers’ readings of the song. For another vocal deep house record on the same label, hear Parra for Cuva, Anna Naklab – Fading Nights.

Artistic Context

Artenvielfalt is a German producer duo of Benjamin Sachau and Lennart Vonau, whose other releases came out on labels such as Ostfunk and No Brainer. Délicieuse, which put out I’m Done, is a French label whose YouTube channel Délicieuse Musique carried the original mix as early as September 2013, two years before the date Discogs and MusicBrainz give the EP.

Impact and Reception

The track travelled through DJ mixes first. Discogs lists I’m Done, credited to The Project, on five compilations of 2014, among them Nassau Beach Club Ibiza 2014 on Kontor and Club Privè Formentera on Sony Music, and MusicBrainz shows the Marlon Hoffstadt and HRRSN remix on the Nassau Beach Club mix that April. Start with this short version, then try the Club Mix.

Learn from this track

Introductory

What you will learn

  • Describe how credits can show who did what on a dance record: producer, singers, guitarists and lyricists.
  • Distinguish an alternate version by the same artists, the Club Mix, from remixes by other producers.
  • Explain how a track can circulate on DJ compilations before its official release date.

Listening guide

  1. the voices The credits name a singer, Jörg Müller-Lornsen, and a featured artist, Miss NatNat, who co-wrote the words.
  2. the guitars and bass Two guitarists, Bartosz Strzelecki and Günter Haas, are credited, and the bass is played by the producer Lennart Vonau.
  3. the other versions The Club Mix by the same artists runs over six minutes, as do the remixes by Marlon Hoffstadt with HRRSN and by Björn Störig.

Concepts in this track

featured artist

116 tracks

A guest performer credited on another artist's track, usually as "feat.": a rapper's verse, a singer's hook or a second voice. Features bring together different styles and audiences and are central to hip-hop, R&B and dance music.

alternate version

58 tracks

A second finished recording of the same song by the same artist, with a different arrangement, tempo or sound rather than a reworking by another producer. Comparing two versions shows how much of a song's mood comes from production rather than from melody and words.

remix

164 tracks

A new version of a recording made by reworking its parts: changing the beat, harmony, tempo or structure, often by another producer. A remix can turn a ballad into a club track.

Listen next, and why

Questions for discussion

  1. Why would a label put a three-and-a-half-minute version and a six-minute club mix on the same release?
  2. What can the list of credits tell you about a track that its title cannot?
  3. I'm Done was on Ibiza mix compilations a year before its listed release date. How do dance tracks reach DJs before they reach shops?

References

  1. Discogs. Artenvielfalt & The Project - I'm Done (2015). Database
  2. Discogs. The Project (24). Database
  3. MusicBrainz. Artenvielfalt. Database
  4. YouTube (Artenvielfalt - Topic). I'm Done (2022). Video
  5. YouTube (Délicieuse Musique). Artenvielfalt & The Project ft. Miss Natnat - I'm Done (Original Mix) (2013). Video

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