REMIXER & ELECTRONIC PRODUCER
JACK TRADES
SHARES ‘KILL ME SLOWLY’ ( WITH HEATHER JANSSEN’ SINGLE
OUT TODAY (MAY 29) ON PHYSICAL PRESENTS
LISTEN NOW HERE
Rising electronic producer Jack Trades has released his single, ‘Kill Me Slowly (with Heather Janssen)’ out today, May 29th on Physical Presents. Having features on many major music publications such as Your EDM, Dancing Astronaut, and EDM Sauce, he has also enjoyed features on YouTube channels MrRevillz, SuicideSheep, Sensual Musique and Nightblue Music which has garnered the producer over 3.6 million plays across streaming platforms. Jack Trades can also be found on some noteworthy Spotify Playlists such as Friday Cratediggers, Mint Canada, and Sensual Musique’s Good Life Radio. In addition to online streaming, Jack Trades has received radio debuts on Liquid Todd’s #BetaBPM show on SiriusXM with his remix Mahalo’s ‘Here With Me’ before going on to receive radio play on iHeart Radio’s Evolution and Pitbull’s Globalization Radio.
Listen to Jack Trades ‘Kill Me Slowly (with Heather Janssen) Here: https://soundcloud.com/jacktrades-music/kill-me-slowly-feat-heather
Born and raised in the city of Toronto, Canada, Heather Janssen has made quite a name for herself with a YouTube following of 35 thousand subscribers, she has enjoyed a playcount of over 14 million streams across streaming platforms. The artist and producer is known for releasing her own original works as well as many covers, some of which have received notable features on renowned YouTube channels such as Mr. Suicide Sheep, Chill Nation, Armada Music, and MrRevillz,
While Jack Trades was born and based in Calgary, Canada, his familial ties extend overseas as far as London. From humble beginnings, Jack Trades began experimenting with music production from a young age as he developed his passion. The producer went on to graduate from the Music Production, Engineering and Songwriting program at Point Blank London, where he would later go on to launch his career in 2017 diving into the world of deep house infused dance-pop music production.
‘Kill Me Slowly’ opens with wide ethereal soundscapes and gentle vocals, before gradually building into a rhythmic bass line of melodic staccato synth stabs. The vocal production felt from Heather Janssen showcases a deep yearning and is contrasted against a rising rhythm resulting in the upbeat pop-dance track.
Jack Trades gave us a bit of insight into what the production process was like in creating the single, “The very early version draft of this song had a very different instrumental and a different singer that tackled the subject of “challenges in a relationship” but was unable to capture the whole emotion in the song. My label A&R then introduced me to Heather Janssen, sent her the instrumental and as soon as we heard the first scratch on the instrumental, we knew we had something special. I was able to get in the studio with Heather in Toronto and really connect on the writing and what we envisioned with the song. The funny thing is when Heather finalized writing ‘Kill Me Slowly’, we ended up doing a brand new production around her vocals to suit the mood of the record”.
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