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Secondcity
Why we feature this artist Secondcity: a house record finds its moment I Wanna Feel took Secondcity to number one in the UK in 2014. The record makes a large impression from a relatively concentrated set of ingredients: an inviting vocal idea, a springy rhythm…
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- United Kingdom
- Sound
- House
- Active
- 2013–present
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Secondcity: a house record finds its moment
I Wanna Feel took Secondcity to number one in the UK in 2014. The record makes a large impression from a relatively concentrated set of ingredients: an inviting vocal idea, a springy rhythm and a bass part that keeps the movement grounded. Its appeal is immediate, but the construction comes from a producer’s interest in the dance floor.
Before the breakthrough
Secondcity’s artist account describes growing up with house music in Chicago and developing a musical outlook that connected that experience with the UK. Early releases included I Enter for Dirtybird and material associated with Saints & Sonnets.
I Wanna Feel developed through DJ sets before its Ministry of Sound and Speakerbox release. That route supplies useful context for the song’s directness: the record had already needed to communicate with people in a room before it became a large chart single.
After I Wanna Feel
The single’s 2014 success opened another chapter rather than defining the entire catalogue. Groove N’ On followed through DFTD, while work for Saved and remix commissions offered other settings for the producer’s sound.
The more club-focused releases are worthwhile companions to the best-known record. They make it easier to hear the rhythmic interests beneath the pop appeal: the interaction of drums and bass, the timing of a vocal fragment and the decision to keep an idea moving rather than add another section.
I Wanna Feel remains the accessible first stop. The surrounding releases supply a broader picture of a house producer able to make a compact musical idea work in both a DJ set and a short single.
Essential releases
I Wanna Feel
The Ministry of Sound / Speakerbox single became a UK number one.