Photo by Katie Clarke

“Nothing worth having comes without a fight”

From the streets to the club, when you’re a lover in a dangerous time, it’s important to have a space to call your own. With “Lovers In a Dangerous Time”, St. South (appearing courtesy of Nettwerk Music Group Inc.) has created a new lane into this special territory with their fresh remix of T. Thomason’s cover of the Bruce Cockburn classic.

Fading in, as if from the ether, “Nothing worth having comes without a fight” softly repeats, transfixing us in an echo. St. South brings T.’s earnest voice smoothly to our ears like a supportive reminder. In a song that carries such urgent, bold statements, the remix is a slow, steady build to power with enough momentum to carry us forward then back again for repeat listens. It’s motoric, going at a comfortable pace. The bpm sits perfectly between slow dancing at home or feeling yourself on the dance floor.

“You gotta kick at the darkness till it bleeds daylight.”

Almost like that drop in your stomach when your gut is trying to tell you something urgent, when the breakbeat steps into the mix, it feels like butterflies. Full of unexpected sounds and production punches, St. South weaves boppy beats with ethereal mantras becoming their own rhythms (lovers in a dangerous time / that matters / nothing worth having comes without a fight), making it easy to find a groove at your own pace. The combination of T.’s impassioned voice and St. South’s calmly energetic production distils the song’s core message down to its most potent form. In this state, it becomes a peaceful force, like water slowly cutting away land, gently removing old layers to reach the new beneath.

“When you’re lovers in a dangerous time”

Two young artists now bring “Lovers In a Dangerous Time” into the present day landscape of love feels like a new piece of life’s puzzle revealed. In full HD vision, “Lovers” has been turned into an irresistible interpretation, a power anthem for the public lovers as much as the private ones.

THE HORIZON LINE PLAYLIST:
Listen to this week's Horizon Line playlist inspired by “Lovers in a Dangerous Time (St. South Remix)" by T. Thomason.