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David Guetta feat. Sam Martin
Why we feature this artist A widescreen melody with a voice close to the ground “Lovers on the Sun” gives Sam Martin’s singing a particularly cinematic electronic setting. David Guetta’s 2014 recording combines a broad melodic line with a more earthy vocal tex…
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- France, United States
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- Dance-pop, electronic
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The story of David Guetta feat. Sam Martin
Why we feature this artist
A widescreen melody with a voice close to the ground
“Lovers on the Sun” gives Sam Martin’s singing a particularly cinematic electronic setting. David Guetta’s 2014 recording combines a broad melodic line with a more earthy vocal texture, using contrast to create its sense of scale. The guitar-like figures and the larger electronic returns suggest a wide horizon, while Martin keeps the song attached to a recognisable human performance.
The Listen introduction
The original release credits Guetta, Avicii, Giorgio Tuinfort and Frédéric Riesterer as producers. The collaboration belongs to the Listen album period, where acoustic and electronic colours often meet inside a large pop structure.
Martin’s vocal has a firmer grain than the lighter singing heard in some of Guetta’s earlier collaborations. That texture matters here: it gives the melodic line enough weight to remain present when the arrangement opens into its larger passages.
The instrumental tells part of the story
The production has room for a more narrative sense of movement. Short instrumental figures establish a landscape, the voice brings a clear emotional line into it and the electronic return enlarges the same material. The record feels directed rather than simply divided into verse and drop.
“Lovers on the Sun” works through that continuity between singer and setting. The vocal does not have to become as large as the backing to remain central. Its rougher edge gives the surrounding polish something tangible to frame, allowing the collaboration to feel expansive without losing its human scale.
Essential releases
Lovers on the Sun
The Sam Martin recording credits production by Guetta, Avicii, Tuinfort and Riesterer.
Listen
The album places the collaboration within Guetta’s broader meeting of acoustic and electronic textures.