Favorite Collaborations

[djmikeystrange]

I'm interested in hearing people's favorite one-off collaborations.  I'm going to start this game with Crystal Castles - Not In Love, featuring Robert Smith from The Cure on vocals.  I pretty much play this tune every time I DJ 🙂

spotify:track:5SPUVnihl2Q8UeMSBCWNgL

[mangadreamery]

Great topic, although I'm going to have a hard time thinking of something better than that Castles/Smith collab!

Here, Thom Yorke joins Bjork on a track for her 'Dancer In The Dark' soundtrack, Selmasongs.

spotify:track:1YVGmFUZO1neVfwT2pjrmk

[BenitoKCM]

Great both collaborations!!!

One more with Robert Smith, The Japanese Popstars with Robert playing Take forever from the album Controlling your allegiance (2011)

spotify:track:4HIrp1rMzr95X0Xw4Ljgft:small

[djmikeystrange]

@BenitoKCM, great choice. I actually prefer this robert smith mix of the song...but really, i love both versions. We could probably turn this into an all collaborations with Robert Smith discussion 🙂

spotify:track:7qSHwQ8CW40fhwCN6bhQRy

[BenitoKCM]

@djmikeystrange

Great mix!!! Closer to The Cure than the one I posted.

[Jim_Johns]

Great topic! It's so hard to choose from so many choices.

Here are two songs that I think are fabulous collaborations.

• Public Enemy performs their song Bring The Noise with Anthrax.  https://open.spotify.com/track/00cbPJvsvWKM7v2XJ7iUSz
• Allison Krause and Robert Plant sing Gone, Gone, Gone. https://open.spotify.com/track/7MRw8W5jZoG0SNNcHLgkE

[AlexanderHipp]

Please check out my "Favorite" playlist. I hope you like it. 

https://open.spotify.com/user/1127626669/playlist/46KgiigY68mdgHaCpcYhCS

[tynon_1221]

https://open.spotify.com/track/2uiapZlNT0NwJVcrBoZZS4?si=QtzGZatKSL6M2FCqpUufRA

https://open.spotify.com/track/3anOLstTVypgnV5yVNLmc7?si=c4GMIu7ySeyzISLnj-9ylw

https://open.spotify.com/track/2lN6G35gsXkA3xzPYqmis5?si=ccrYBW1XR4eBuK8UQTVQ5Q

[Katerina]

Hey there @tynon_1221 - it's great to see you share these tracks here! Could you tell us a bit more on why you enjoy each of these collaborated tracks?

[tynon_1221]

Surely: contrast - though perhaps novel - is an instant hook.

Wu-Tang rapping rather aggressively over a "hippie-type beat (and chorus/refrain)" provided by Texas is the perfect complement to Anthrax and Public Enemy's Bring Tha Noize (mentioned earlier). 

You know it's a special collab when the two artists agree on a portmanteau of their two acts' names; GRiZ and Gramatik joined forces as GRiZMATiK to bring us... future-funk? Pretty special.

Self vs Self combines Pendulum's poppy sensibilities with In Flames' intense vocals and metal - the title implies conflict but, even so, we still win.

[MadmanOnWheels]

This thread wouldn't be complete, without this song.

https://open.spotify.com/track/1mSClObliRtgPVT399COQH?si=IDXhukURSsCANO9Rr9qFmw

Beside the two great voices, I love the lyrics (and "vocables"), the upbeat music that's put to the lyrics of a not so great situation, as well as how the two flow off of each other.

[Katerina]

Thanks for adding that @tynon_1221!

Hi and As we Proceed were both excellent tracks, they're now in my Liked Songs ✨

Also, cool addition @MadmanOnWheels - you're right, this thread wouldn't be complete without it! Great classic upbeat song.

Since I'm here, I'll share one of my favorite collaborations - the first one that popped up in my mind when I saw this thread

spotify:track:4HXOBjwv2RnLpGG4xWOO6N  

Rihanna and Coldplay are two of my all-time favorite artists and it was really neat when I first heard this track - dynamic and melodic, it drew me in. 

[rossi1911]

I have many personal favorite collaborations but I've been hooked up recently with these two 🙂

https://open.spotify.com/track/1d11DdSRq5Cp5PflcJYJAN?si=DaIlGQu4Tnm3FXhrv9X_6A

https://open.spotify.com/track/3BYY6EvwqAIBnRZVHi1XMG?si=QL5Q56JaRm-xN56_4IumIg