Lady Gaga: Judas (Hurts Remix)

Over the past few years, Lady Gaga has established herself as one of the biggest pop sensations of the decade. With her most recent release, 'Born This Way,' she stunned onlookers while delighting her fans with a great development of her dance-based singer songwriter style to a darker method of writing. Of note is a remix from the second single to be released from the album.

Lady Gaga: Judas - The Remixes

This single was specifically chosen due to its deviation from Gaga's more pop-oriented offerings, remixing her hit with a clear low-fi aesthetic comparable in a way to some of Soulwax's output. The track is adorned with groans, distorted bass lines and electronic processing to create a highly unique work.

The Remix begins with the groans which underpin the entire track, accompanied by Gaga's own vocals, processed even more than in her own albums. As is the norm for a remix, harmony has been embellished along with instrumentation, the chorus proving to be particularly interesting due to the noticeable warbling and variable speed of the accompaniment. As the piece progresses, the drum programming becomes frantic and all instrumentation builds to a climax at 3:10 in which the piece deteriorates into a pulsing drone, accompanied later by processed guitar which ends the piece. 

While this is without doubt a great remix which develops Gaga's sound into a new setting, given the great deviation from the type of writing in her 'Born This Way' album, it is curious why such a remix could be conceived. Thankfully, this remix made it out and greatly diversifies the repertoire from this pop phenomenon, bringing it to a new audience of Electronic music lovers.

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