Modern music is a confusing place for the elderly, and the CD single I received for DaVinChe’s “Rider” nearly gave me an aneurism. The facts as far as I can discern are these:

1. “Rider” is grime producer DaVinChe’s new single, out on June 8th.

2. It comes as a kind-of mixtape, with lots of different versions of “Rider” on it. Guests include people called Wiley, Skepta, Tinie Tempah, Tinchy Stryder, Clea & Bashy, Keedo and Wretch 32 (??).

3. The track featuring Clea & Bashy is actually called “Riding For Love”, despite being a kind-of remix of “Rider”.

4. “Riding For Love” is clearly the most chart-friendly version and has been picking up exposure on MTV Base accordingly. At the risk of being labelled a h8r I find Bashy’s contribution is a tad lacklustre, but you can’t argue with the hook:

5. I also quite like Tinie Tempah’s version, which you can hear here:

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6. You might not be surprised to learn you can also buy “Rider” as a ringtone, but I’ll be fucked if I’m going to encourage that kind of behaviour.

Buy all eleven (!) tracks on CD single from 8th June

Buy individual tracks on MP3 from 7th June

Possibly related:

1. Listen to a clip of Michael Jackson’s “new” single at Times Online

2. New Joan As Policewoman single and album only three short months away

3. New Mariah Carey single - “Touch My Body”

4. Neon Neon single and album due out in March

5. One Little Indian went to market… and gave away 12 free tracks!

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Posted by Stuart Waterman on Friday June 5th, 2009 at 10:41 am