Kiesza – Hideaway (Gorgon City Remix): New music

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Canada-born, New York-dwelling house music practitioner Kiesza doesn't do things by halves. A trained ballerina, she spent her teenage years in the Navy where her shooting skills caught the attention of the army who tried to recruit her as a sniper. Faced with that proposition, she did what any normal person would do and sailed to Hawaii where she stumbled into competing in Miss Universe Canada. Obviously.
Now 25-years-old, she's decided to turn her hand to music with her debut EP, Hideaway, which not only features the amazing, soulful house of the title track, but also a stripped-back cover of Haddaway's What Is Love. As if that weren't enough already, Hideaway's also been given a makeover by production duo Gorgon City, who themselves are currently nestled in the UK top ten with Ready For Your Love. Taking the euphoric template of the original and giving it a slightly darker hue, Gorgon City's version marries Kiesza's soulful vocals to big echoing drum claps and those massive whoomp whoomp synths that sound like your ears are being sucked into massive vacuum cleaners.

Hideaway is out on 24 March.