Turn It Around

Album: Torus (2013)
Charted: 14
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Songfacts®:

  • Sub Focus (aka Nick Douwma) enlisted the vocal help of Bloc Party singer Kele Okereke for this song. "I wanted to do a track that felt like indie electronica," he told MusicRadar.com. "I'm a big fan of people like Friendly Fires and Passion Pit, so I wanted to incorporate that feel."

    "The lead patch is one that you hear quite a bit this days," Douwma added, "it's a retro-sounding synth that's just really simple, quick pitch modulation on a saw wave."

    "Kele's vocal was a big part of this song coming together.," he concluded. "It's been a big ambition of mine to work with him for a long time. He's got an amazing, emotive voice that works really well in dance music."

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