Review
Genre and Mood
Spada and Hosie Neal made Feels Like Home (Red Velvet Dress), and Bakermat remixed it; this page is about his full-length version, Feels Like Home, Bakermat Remix. Discogs files the single under house and deep house, and the label Ego promised summer vibes; warm and carefree are this page’s reading of that promise, since no review describes the remix itself.
Song Summary
Feels Like Home (Red Velvet Dress) is the vocal version of Red Velvet Dress, a production by the Italian producer Spada that EARMILK heard as a forward-thinking take on downtempo deep house. The writers are credited as Ermanno Andrea Spadati, Hosie Neal and Astrid Suryanto. The single came out on Hysterical, a division of Ego, in 2014 with Spada’s own versions, Red Velvet Dress itself and two versions by Bakermat: this full remix of 6:21 and a radio edit. Ego introduced Hosie Neal as a singer from New York with a deep, smooth voice, adding charm to an already charming track.
Musical Breakdown
No review takes the remix apart, so this page draws no map of it and claims no tempo or key. Its length says something: at 6:21 it is the DJ’s version, built for mixing in and out, while the radio edit on the same release tells the song in about half the time. Listen for how long the remix waits before Neal’s voice arrives and what carries the track until then.
Concepts in Focus
A remix is another producer’s reworking of a recording. This one was not a later rediscovery: it came out on the same single as the original, so Ego could offer DJs and radio two producers’ takes on the same song at once. Ego also posted a video for the Bakermat version on its EGO TV channel in July 2014.
The <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 stays: Hosie Neal is credited on the remix as on the original, and the line feels like home to me is the hook Ego invited listeners to sing.
With Spada’s Video Edit, full version and Red Velvet Dress on the same release, the remix is one alternate version among several. Compare it with Spada, Hosie Neal – Feels Like Home (Red Velvet Dress) - Video Edit, Spada’s own shortest cut.
Artistic Context
Ego said Red Velvet Dress had reached number seven on the Cool Cuts chart and number five on the Buzz Chart in the UK, with support from DJs such as Roger Sanchez, Tensnake and Mousse T. Bakermat, born Lodewijk Fluttert in 1991, played Tomorrowland in 2014, toured with his new Bakermat Live Band and released Teach Me, a single built on gospel, soul, blues and jazz.
Impact and Reception
No chart figures for the remix could be sourced. MusicBrainz lists a shorter cut of it on the compilation Mykonos 2015: Feel the Heat and the radio edit on GoldFish’s Organic House 3 in 2015, so the remix kept travelling after the single. Play Spada’s version first, then Bakermat’s, and listen for what makes each one feel like home.
