Artist: Seroya
Title: Only Your Love
Label: Shinichi Recordings
By: Chad Harnish | 10 October 2003
Tracklist:

• A: Holmes Ives Remix
• B: Holmes Ives Dub

Seroya "Only Your Love"

Holmes Ives returns to Shinichi on the remix duties for Seroya’s “Only Your Love.” His prior release on this sister label to Yoshitoshi, “Eros” was a huge track, and continuing with his success, his remix package here is blowing away the critics. It has also landed on Deep Dish’s Global Underground “Toronto.”

With a deep warm bass line and beautiful pieces of ambience, Holmes drifts “Only Your Love” (the Holmes Ives Remix) in with a soft touch. He delivers a brilliant slow groover that is dark and moody. The tracks vibe is softly accented by Salome’s enchanting vocals furthering its moody depths.

With the Dub version, Holmes throws down a chugging bass line and punches that with a tight drum arrangement. This forceful dub still carries much of the soft mood from the remix, but it has a harder drive built into it. As my personal favorite of the two remixes, the Dub ranks as one of my favorite tracks of the year.

Holmes has a special relationship with Seroya. Seroya, otherwise known as Salome Hamidi, is behind the beautiful exotic vocals of Memnon’s (Holmes Ives) “Desire” on Music Now and Holmes’ smash hit on Bedrock, “Mystic Roya.” Additionally, Holmes has produced Seroya's “Mystic Maah” album which “is a lush sensual journey, a must listen.” With such a history behind this relationship, it is no wonder that their talents have aligned themselves in such a way as to produce such a beautiful track as “Only Your Love”.