Okay, "Deja Vu", the first single from Beyonce's highly-anticipated followup to Dangerously In Love has been out for quite a long time now. Same thing with the remixes. An announcement was made about 6 weeks ago that Israeli DJ Offer Nissim had done a remix of this song for his own sets. He has been known to remix many current non-Dance songs for his sets, and this was a pleasant surprise. Many had been discussing who they would like to see remixing Beyonce in the future, and even particularly with this song. While Maurice Joshua, Junior Vasquez and most recently the Freemasons have been turning out mixes of Beyonce's tracks, many fans were ready to hear some other mixers work on Bee's tracks. The Freemasons and Junior Vasquez mixes were the ones sent to the clubs and promoted. "Deja Vu" peaked at number one on the Billboard Dance/Club Play chart some months back.
Offer Nissim has taken this song in another direction. His signature dark, synthy, tribal sounds are more present in this mix than in some of the other mixes he has done this year. The energy in the mix is comparable to the amount found in Offer's amazing mix of "Isaac" by Madonna. The vocals are very minimal. He only uses the vocals from the chorus and they have been totally manipulated. The vocals have been stretched and reverbed into oblivion (that's a good thing). The repetitive synth hook is really gorgeous. And the matching bassline goes really well with it. This mix is best enjoyed turned up very loud. Listen up for this one at Offer Nissim and Peter Rauhofer's future spinning engagements. You know they will play it.
Speaking of Offer Nissim and Peter Rauhofer, they are both remixing two more Beyonce songs. Offer will be working on a mix of "One Night Only" from Dreamgirls (the movie Beyonce stars in this Winter) and Peter is working on a mix of "Upgrade U" from Beyonce's B'Day album. As per information right now, the "One Night Only" mix is a private mix. No word on the other one.
