thing is all those use of dance music signifiers are being employed with real precision and inventiveness, in service to the SONG. there are tougher remixes and bootlegs of probably every tune here if thats what you´re after (not that they don´t all work on dancefloors as they already are, this is good quality product).
from that recent ill blu interview
There's definitely more attention to song structure. When we made 'Frontline', it was more of a vibe. We didn’t set out to make a song. Now, we've got more of a sense of understanding and structuring a song better. With funky house records back then, they were made strictly for the clubs. Now we're structuring songs with a direct view to radio and how radio works - but with its roots in the club...
...It's a fairly simple formula, to be honest: shorter intro's, less drops, around two to three minutes in length – it's about shortening the structure, but not taking away from the energy of the club...
...You do see it in Katy B though. 'Lights On' is a straight up UK funky record with R&B vocals, like many were doing, but it had a proper song structure, was released and promoted properly, targeted at the right audience. It just shows that there is an audience for it aside from the underground, and it could work
