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Here to Dance – Miss Rachel Rose
Here to Dance is a cheeky slice of dance floor silliness designed to make you shimmy and giggle at the same time. Check it out! (This is the club mix, which includes the obligatory 60 seconds of DJ-friendly kick-hi hat lead in. If you want to listen to the Radio Edit (which gets right in there straight away, you can stream it here on Spotify).
Listen to the Club Mix here
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About The Track
Genre
This is a House and Deep House track. There is a gritty little Juno synth lead that would sound massive in a club space. Also, the middle drop is tense and full of delay and movement. When the vocal cuts in, there is a build-up, and a surprise.
Vibe
The concept behind this track is both gender-bending and time-warping.
The gender bend comes because it is a female voice that relates seeing this fine dancer across the room, shimmying up beside, only to be rejected by a gruff male tone who is only there to dance. Women can hunt, too ;-).
The time warp comes in the words. The phrasing “beats are giving…” is very 2024 onwards. We didn’t say that in “Y2K France”. But hell, throwing shade and dirty glances are timeless, and brings it all home in the end!
Where does it fit in the mix?
At 124 BPM, this is not peak-time by today’s standards. I would put this about mid-set, when the vibes are high, but the tension is still building. I would definitely let the vocal drop sit on its own, teasing the intellect of anyone focused enough to listen to the words.
Just like Groove Machine and Check Your Dreams, my earlier releases of 2025, the overall genre is Deep House.
Production Babble
I composed and produced this track using Ableton Live 12. I used software synths (u-He Diva, Arturia Jun 6-V and Ableton Wavetable). The kick is a self-created Kick 2 sound. I did all the sound design myself, apart from the claps which are a sample.
There is a lot of synth arping and delay in the main part of the track. I took a lot of care and time to make the arps work together to shimmer without clashing. I used some altered consciousness tools during this production, and the trippy vibe shines through 😉.
Voices
The female voice is mine. I did a bunch of overdubs using different vocal pitches and formants and microphone positions. I sent the dry vocals to the mixing engineer, and he dealt with reverbs and all that.
The male voice is my Austrian friend Rouven. He really speaks like that ! When I first imagined the track, we were out having a beer and talking about music. I could simply “hear” his voice dropping the main vocal hook. As he was away for most of the winter, he eventually sent me a WhatsApp voice message with a huge array of “I’m here to dance” variations on it. I AirDropped it to the iMac, chopped it up, then used some slicing to get the stutter effect on some of the samples. It was also dry when sent for mixing.
What’s Next?
I have another tune that is nearly finished. If you sign up to my mailing list, you can get a free MP3 copy the week before it gets released. Here is the sign-up form:
Biography: Miss Rachel Rose
Miss Rachel Rose is a DJ and producer based near Benidorm, Spain. She is a self-taught singer-songwriter with a long-standing passion for music and the music business. Rachel holds a Masters in Neuromusic, and is currently studying solfège, music theory, and composition.
Where to hear catch a live DJ set
I have a weekly gig in Benidorm, at the Caiman Beach Bar.
- When: Every Saturday
- Time: 4-6 PM (16.00-18:00 hrs) [Set times may change depending on the season – please check my Instagram for updates.]
- Where: Caiman Beach Bar, Av. de Madrid no.13, Benidorm
- What to expect: Deep, groovy, funky house music in a seafront location with cocktails, cold beer, and lovely service.
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