Pussycat Doll Jessica Sutta Teams With PvD to Create "White Lies," the First Single from the DJ's New Artist Album "In Between;" Numerous Techno and Trance Remixes Ensue.
Paul van Dyk’s new artist album, In Between (Mute/Positiva), is up on his MySpace page in its entirety so, you know, you might want to get on that. PvD returns with several official remixes, an ambiguous message about lies in clubland, and a video whose theme was executed first (and best) by Madonna.
“White Lies” is the first single from the album, and Mute long ago released PvD’s official remixes of the song, which include:
LA Mix: The sparkly, hiNRG rendition is happily trebleful and unobtrusively glitched and very dance-floor friendly.
Aural Float remix: This loungy, trancy chillout mix is probably the track that showcases Jessica Sutta’s vocals to their best advantage. Frankfurt-based Aural Float’s Alex Azary, Pascal FEOS and Gabriel Le Mar have been perfecting their sound, separately and together (Azary and Le Mar are members of the Saafi Brothers), for more than a decade.
Berlin Mix: Dirk Ever and Alex M.O.R.P.H.’s techno/hard trance version of the song has the floaty drive/build/release energy of 1990s trance with a tiny fusion of minimal trance influence. Basically, it says trance is alive, and we don’t need to go minimal to make the case.
Dave Spoon Dub: The UK DJ/producer’s progressive take on the same beats is the least trance of the lot, preferring the steady precision and reduced romanticism of full-on techno.
While the song is that remarkable thing, a dance tune that works equally well in all mixes, what’s it actually about? It is about lies and the liars who lie about them, of course. It also seems to have a not very subtle second meaning, one that’s been frequently described in terms of animals, often white: horses, monkeys, even a dog.
Let’s review some of the lyrics to “White Lies,” shall we?
- And I need it going into the daylight
- And I’m looking for it into the night
- Then I think about it and I can’t live without it
- You’re telling me that that’s alright
- Can’t get enough, can’t get enough
- When you’re telling me the white lies, champagne
- It’s getting rough and I wanna know
- If I’m addicted to your white lies in vain
So, yes, it’s the perfect 3 a.m. tune. The official video for the song is an homage to Madonna’s “Open Your Heart.” And by “homage,” we mean “dull, witless ripoff,” the méthode champenoise to the original’s champagne.
Jessica Sutta, the featured singer of “White Lies,” is also the video’s star; for more about the “White Lies” video and about Sutta, see Pussycat Doll’s Jessica Sutta.
