We’re back with a couple more really great remixes of “Fascination” for you guys. Really it’s hard to rank all the remixes that Binary got for this song, especially since it’s a song that is close to the heart for Josh and I, but I will say that I really really love these two and they’re near the top of my list. All the remixes bring their own unique angle to the song, and these two are no exception.

NightWaves – Fascination (Keenhouse Remix)

You guys know that we’re in LA, and that we rep the city and all the dreams it has to offer pretty hard. A lot of you are from the City of Angels as well, but a lot of you are from elsewhere, and I’m sure your cities have equally cool things to offer, and I look forward to the day I visit each and every one of those new places. But for all of you that haven’t experienced the joy of living here, there is one thing that you won’t know until you’ve experienced it. Vegas!!

Sure, people go to Vegas from all over the world…but there is something special about a midnight ride through the desert that separates LA and Vegas. I can’t help but think of that when I listen to this remix. More and more I’m hearing this in Keenhouse’s productions…a sound that I have now dubbed Casino Funk…since we’re dubbing sounds and all, ya know. I think I’m calling it that thanks to his very signature sound. It’s swanky, it’s exciting, it’s optimistic, it’s bright. Just like those Vegas nights that always come as a surprise. Some of the best memories I’ve had out here on the west coast are those special Friday afternoons in college where the stars align and Vegas comes to light. My friends and I would get home from class or wherever around 6 PM, and two words would spark off a weekend of adventure…”Vegas…tonight!”

Throw some clothes in a bag, grab a button-up shirt, a nice pair of shoes, and don’t forget the bottle of booze. Hit the road at 8 to avoid the crawl of traffic on the 10 of the suburbanites heading back east to their endless stretch of towns propelling outwards from the city. The first excitement comes when you hit the 15. It’s a straight shot to Vegas and everything that awaits you in the next 48 hours. Suddenly you’re away from the towns, and just like verse in Keenhouse’s remix, there is a mysticism that descends upon you from the openness of the desert. Like the beat of the song, you keep driving, pushing it as hard as you can. The freeway moves down to two lanes and it’s time to bust out all your driving skills…stay in a pack when you can, move to the next one when you can. Look for cops, watch the bends in the road. Watch the endless string of cars as they head over the mountain pass at 4000 ft. 40 miles straight ahead of you. You eventually hit Baker, CA…stop at the Mad Greek and get a gyro for some energy to last you through the night. There is an hour left in the four hour journey.

And as you cross the Nevada border, you see the lights of the first casinos in Primm Valley. Keep going. And then suddenly, you turn the corner around a mountain bend, and there it is. Vegas stretches in front of you with it’s endless expanse of glimmering lights. The chorus of the song kicks in. We made it! Pull into a parking garage, get out and stretch your legs, and pass the bottle of Captain Morgan around, getting a nice slick of liquor in your belly. We head into the fog of the casino, hazy from cigarette smoke and processed air, and the shimmer of the slot machines, and the noise of people winning and losing fortunes. We hit the craps table and join that crowd. Everyone is here…other reveling kids from LA, foreign businessmen, the degenerate gamblers, girls that are obviously strippers and the tourists that are obviously trying to score with them. Everyone is here and enjoying it. Enjoying being in this special place at this very special time. Make sure to tip your cocktail waitress with a couple chips when she brings you your jack and coke. Get your shoes on and hit a club. Find some strangers to dance with. Make some friends and keep the night going. Loud bass. Music and drinks. Keep the party alive.

And then, you step outside and you realize the sun has been awake for a long time. But not as long as you. You want to crash but you can’t, you need to push on. Find a decent champagne buffet and regroup with your friends, new and old. Laugh in a semi-drunken haze, trying to figure out what happened last night. And then, find a cheap hotel room at the Flamingo or Excalibur…a place of solace and closed curtain dark rooms where you can sleep the day away. Get ready to do it again in 10 hours.

And Sunday morning comes the same way as the end of Keenhouse’s remix. You get back on the freeway and Vegas and everything that goes along with it slowly fades into the distance

NightWaves – Fascination (O’Dahl Remix)

Our favorite Swede ODahl delivers this awesome take on Fascination. I could seriously write just as much as I did for the Keenhouse remix, but I’ll spare you. I will say that I think he captured the essence of the original best. Remember the club you were at last night on our Keenhouse journey to Vegas? Remember the stranger you met and danced with all night. Well this is the song you remember most out of all the songs you and her danced the night away to. It captured the magic, the chance encounter that you two would find each other for one night in a place like that. The chorus comes in and the bittersweet feelings of being together in that one moment were electrified. There were fireworks that you’ll never forget.

Thanks to O’Dahl for really understanding what this song is supposed to be. His production prowess shines through and the way he affects the vocals and works them into the mix and the rest of the song really strikes a chord. Like your mystery girl in the club, it’s a song that won’t be forgotten.

NightWaves – Fascination, and Binary Presents: LA Lights, are available digitally everywhere. You guys should really check it out!

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