German techno vet, Oliver Huntemann delivers one of his trademark reworkings on this single from Abe Duque‘s ’09 full-length, Don’t Be So Mean. The original version of “Following My Heart” was centered around the guest vocal from diva Virginia Nascimento, a slow-pulsing bass tone, and loads of delayed synths. Huntemann pitches Virginia’s vocal down, just about doubles the BPM, and trades in melody for all sorts of dark, industrial-sounding percussion on his interpretation—the final chapter in Duque’s Don’t Be So Mean remix series.

Following My Heart (Oliver Huntemann