Vantage has unveiled a new vocal version of his viral smash ‘50//50’, featuring LA-based artist Absofacto, out now.
The new version, ‘50//50 (Dance With Myself)’, sees the breezy, carefree nature of the hit track further accentuated by Absofacto’s smooth, robot-like vocoder vocals. Initially released as part of Vantage’s debut album Metro City, the original is a TikTok sensation that has racked up 22 million Spotify streams since its August single drop. Meanwhile, Vantage kicked off the new year with a remix of the Dua Lipa and Angèle global smash ‘Fever’.
Vantage explains: “I had a blast working on the vocal version with Abso, he really took the song where I wanted it to be and I am very, very excited for everyone to hear this new version!”
First emerging onto the scene in 2015 with four-track EP「ƒƒ∆, Vantage has spent the years since cultivating an immersive world at the intersection of sound and technology. Channelling a sound that has been coined as ‘future funk’, Vantage uses a range of analogue synths and instruments to create his distinctive tone. He dropped his second album J-Funk City in 2019 and collaborated with Macross 82-99 last year on six-track EP ‘Sendagi Collection’.
Forever at the cutting-edge of music and technology, Vantage recently collaborated with visual artist Kidmograph (who has previously worked with Kendrick Lamar amongst others) to release a virtual artwork that is created and sold via cryptocurrencies. The interest around the piece has been widespread, with renowned tech moguls the Winklevoss twins both purchasing.
The brainchild of Michigan-born, LA-based musician Jonathan Visger, Absofacto began creating his distinctive fusion of dream pop, art-rock and inventive electronica in 2008. His first real breakthrough came with 2015 single ‘Dissolve’, the RIAA Gold-Certified #1 smash that has amassed 120 million Spotify streams and counting. More recently he has released a steady stream of acclaimed singles, such as ‘Lemon Drop’, ‘Rewind’ and ‘Someone Else’s Dream’ with Grammy.com praising “his genre-defying explorations” and noting “songs like ‘Lemon Drop’ bend hints of alternative, electronic and bedroom pop for lofty and layered compositions that seem as calculated as pieces of big-budget cinema”.
The new ‘50//50 (Dance With Myself)’ sees the slick house cut complemented by the smoothest of vocals courtesy of Absofacto.
