Can't believe I didn't notice this sooner but Valentina has released YET ANOTHER "Crisalide" ep available from iTunes, Amazon etc. This one has eight versions of the song on it, six of which are new. There's a jazz version, a dance version and then a longer version of the dance mix for when you are raving in that club. Italian and English versions of each are here.
I feel like i'm in an elevator listening to the jazz version.. it's err incredibly...
how do I say this without offending our Queen... NICE but isn't what I was really expecting. The production is very cheap and breezy. Valentina outshines everything. Theres even synthesised bird noise for goodness sake.. but once it gets going and you look past the music, you get into it. Doesn't beat the version Matt recorded from the party though, thats for sure.
Dance version is interesting. The song doesn't exactly lend itself well to having a dance mix but they get away with it.. just. Again Valentina shines incredibly bright. The music here is typical Euroclub.
If anything, this little release is making me really long for Valentina to just be treated to some decent, sophisticated production. She deserves the finest out there. She shouldn't be singing synthesised jazz. I would love "Suus" composer Florent Boshnjaku to do something for her.