Review
Genre and Mood
Satori, Miou Amadee and Crussen share the credit of Days Without You (Crussen Remix), a remix Discogs files under deep house, of a song from an album it files under downtempo and house. The feelings on this page, relaxed and carefree, follow the label’s own introduction: a pretty downbeat mix, pure fun for the morning hours.
Song Summary
Days Without You is the ninth of ten tracks on In Between Worlds, the album the Dutch producer Djordje Petrovic released as Satori on Underyourskin Records in 2015, with Miou Amadee as the featured singer; Petrovic is credited as its writer and producer. The album came back in a series of remix EPs. The first, in June 2015, already held a Micronaut remix of Days Without You. The third, UYSR029, which the label called the closing chapter, opens with this version by Crussen, released digitally on 11 March 2016. It runs ten minutes 44 seconds; the original on Satori’s channel lasts six minutes 42.
Musical Breakdown
No source describes this remix part by part, so this breakdown stays with the label’s one sentence about it and leaves the rest to your ears.
Intro
Ten minutes leave room for a slow start. Listen for how long the remix waits before it shows its groove.
Main Section
The label promised a downbeat mix for the morning. Notice the pace, and where and how much of Miou Amadee’s voice the remixer keeps.
Outro
How the remix ends is not described anywhere. Notice whether it fades for a DJ or closes like a song.
Concepts in Focus
A remix series lets a label return to one album again and again. Underyourskin spread In Between Worlds across several remix EPs and gave Days Without You to two remixers, The Micronaut and Crussen, so the same song came out in different shapes within a year; compare the remix package of Solee, Unique Repeat – Phoenix - Unique Repeat Remix.
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Artistic Context
Satori is based in Amsterdam and, according to MusicBrainz, began in Nijmegen. Crussen, Robbin van der Crussen, describes himself as a Swedish producer, harpist and DJ based in the forest in Norway, who plays his electronic music with live harmonica. The first remix EP of the series also held Acid Pauli’s version of The Wishing Spell; hear him in Bonaparte, Acid Pauli – Not Today.
Impact and Reception
No review or chart place was found. The remix travelled through compilations: Hotel Es Vive Ibiza Sessions in 2016 and Alpine Grooves Easy Beats in 2017. Start it on a slow morning.
