NEW SINGLE: Delilah – Breathe

For her new single, British songstress Delilah goes back to the beginning with “Breathe”, a track previously given away as a free download last year, and now gets a revamp for its single status. At first I wasn’t sure about this single choice, since both “Go” & “Love You So” were so brilliant, but the new mix added the bells & whistles while still keeping the subtleties of the original demo. The demo sounded like Zero 7 to my ears, but this new version is closer to the Portishead school of hopelessly sombre and bleak night music. Those haunting strings at the end are just masterful.
The suitably moody video reflects the urban decay in the song. And is it only me who never noticed the scar on her left cheek before?

 

 

I kept half-expecting the song to drop into a drum & bass breakdown. Thankfully, the Sub Zero remix does just that while maintaining the atmostphere. There are few cases where I prefer a remix over the original but this might be one.

STREAM: Delilah – Breathe (Sub Zero Remix)

And if you prefer to put a womp on it, there’s Emalkay dubstep take, which you can download for free below.

MP3: Delilah – Breathe (Emalkay Remix)

A fan of duets? There’s one with fellow Chase & Status collaborator Liam Bailey. She really covers all bases, doesn’t she?

STREAM: Delilah – Breathe (Duet Version feat. Liam Bailey)

Pre-order the single, out May 13 in UK.
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