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Alex Gaudino ft. Kelly Rowland
Why we feature this artist Kelly Rowland within the shape of a club single What a Feeling places Kelly Rowland in a complete song rather than asking her to supply only a brief vocal signal. The 2011 Alex Gaudino collaboration makes its largest moments depend o…
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- Dance, house
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Why we feature this artist
Kelly Rowland within the shape of a club single
What a Feeling places Kelly Rowland in a complete song rather than asking her to supply only a brief vocal signal. The 2011 Alex Gaudino collaboration makes its largest moments depend on the singing that comes before them.
A single with its own centre
The Ministry of Sound release reached number six in Britain. Rowland had already entered dance-pop through other collaborations, but this recording gives her another distinct melodic setting. Gaudino organises the movement around the refrain, leaving the vocal enough space to establish the song's emotional direction.
The approach to the chorus
The anticipation matters as much as the eventual impact. A more contained phrase makes the next open line feel larger, and the arrangement supports that difference instead of trying to keep every bar at the same intensity. Rowland's control of the transition gives the record its sense of arrival. The production can be bright and expansive because the performance has supplied something specific for it to amplify. What a Feeling works as a singer's record and a producer's record at the same time, with the meeting clearest in the moments just before the chorus opens.
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What a Feeling
The Ministry of Sound single puts Rowland's full vocal performance inside Gaudino's electronic arrangement.