Life and music happen fast. A few minutes ago we wrapped up February’s V List, highlighting our five favorite tracks of the past month, and within minutes of publishing, a contender for March’s edition hit our inboxes. It’s a propulsive indie-dance tune called “Eyes Wide Shut” from Nala (coincidentally no relation to the Alfie track we just listed).
Here, the Miami and Los Angeles artist, DJ and producer teams with Iranian-born DJ Ardalan for a dance floor filler fit for a Friday fling under the strobe — and all the hedonism that seduces the shadows at the afterparty. It feels like the type of banger the blogs would have lost it for 15 years ago; someone get DiscoDust back in our lives.
“After watching Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut, I went into a studio session with Ardalan and decided to use the movies’ provocative themes to talk about casual hook up culture in nightlife,” says Nala. “Ardalan and I used a couple of different analog synthesizers to create the sonic elements of this track and found an obscure funk sample for the bass line!”
Let it rip.