Good Life

By: Kim Fai
Label: Size Records
Written by: BenGomori
Rating: 8/10


A very tasteful, faithful to the original and perfectly updated reworking of Inner City’s classic anthem from the ‘80s by the increasingly impressive Kim Fai – who now rolls with the Swedish House Mafia (as you can tell by the fact that this is coming out on Steve Angello’s Size imprint)
 
All the essential parts are present – that being the main vocal refrain and that irresistible stabbing Detroit chord riff – and are interspersed into a turgid, thumping, tribal groove that’s laden with huge swathes of sub bass and rolling beats. It’s immaculately produced, making it a surefire winner on big systems and in epic arena settings – and although it doesn’t do too much, it doesn’t really need to, keeping slivers of the original sounds looping throughout to make sure we remember what the tune is about in the first place.
 
A great update.