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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
As told to Dave Simpson

‘It’s like Borat with music!’: Eurodance stars from Whigfield to Ultra Naté review Planet of the Bass

‘Of course it’s taking the piss’ … Audrey Trullinger and Kyle Gordon.
‘Of course it’s taking the piss’ … Audrey Trullinger and Kyle Gordon. Photograph: Kyle Gordon/YouTube

Described by its creators, the US comic Kyle Gordon (under the pseudonym DJ Crazy Times) and singer Chrissi Poland (in the guise of Ms Biljana Electronica), as “every European dance song in the 90s”, Planet of the Bass is a fiendishly clever Eurodance satire – and, after debuting as a short clip on social media, it looks as if it could become a late contender for song of the summer. There are nonsensical lyrics in broken English – “If you want parties to be making / Have some noise, Bratislava!” – oodles of “na na na na nas” and, whisper it, an earworm of a tune.

But what on earth do classic Eurodance artists make of it? We asked six keepers of the flame what they think.

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