DJ Koze - Pick Up (Official Video)

"A video which leaves space for your own imagination!" (DJ Koze Quote)

Animation: Terlina Lie
Thanks to Papa Zoran Bihać
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DJ Koze might be one of the world's best producers, but above all he's a DJ, and it's his DJ ear that governs. Just as in a great set, so with his releases: “Seeing Aliens” came out of nowhere, a big buzzing beast of a track, to announce that Koze was back on the scene and prime everyone for the coming album, knock knock. But now that Koze has your attention, it's time to remind everyone what's most important about club music, pull things back, take a turn to the left, and get deep into the groove.

Thus “Pick Up”: the second single from knock knock is 100% pure groove, doubly so in the extended 12” version. In a sense it's incredibly familiar – it is essentially a filter disco record, very close to something you could imagine coming out of Paris around the turn of the millennium. But of course, this is Koze. Nothing is normal or familiar in his world, and he's taken this most foundational of clubland staples into new territory. Flipping samples of Gladys Knight & the Pips “Neither One Of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)” and Melba Moore’s “Pick Me Up, I’ll Dance“, it creates something completely airborne, shot through with emotions such as gods must feel: not quite explicable to the human mind but strong enough to knock you off your feet. In its way it's absolutely as powerful as “Seeing Aliens”, but it comes in like the proverbial iron fist in a glove of velvet.

Music taken from the Album "knock knock“ - Release date: May 4th, 2018
(C) Pampa Records 2018

[michaelsofine]

"I guess neither one of us wants to be the first to say goodbye" good shit man

[RafaPmore]

I used to listen to this song every night before going to sleep while I was studying abroad. After a day of hanging out with the most amazing people from all over the world, the words "it's sad to think, I guess neither one of us wants to be the first to say goodbye" hit really hard. Now that I am back home, this song brings me a lot of great memories. Walking through the streets of a little town called Ormskirk after a drunk karaoke night, staying up to see the sunrise and getting high with my new friends. This song will have a very special and lovely place in my heart forever.

[tommarichal]

my girlfriend died last week in a traffic accident. she was 40 years old. this was one of her favorite songs. we played this on the funeral service. goose bumps ❤️❤️❤️

[JohnnyBestest]

I cry everytime, out of joy, sadness or both… Either way it opens my heart and soul. Beautiful.

[KrezMo]

The "music sounds better with you" of this generation imo, and that's a HUGE compliment!!

[itsjuanpacheco]

I love how even though it’s lyrics are sad, there’s something uplifting about this song. Like it’s not a “goodbye”more like a “see you later”.

I love it.

[debradempsey]

Love this! I am older than most here and this is beautifully orchestrated tune. Groovin' to the groove....

[TJH]

Glayds Knight's vocals are always on point. Would love to hear this mix with the full song!

[riquelmeone]

You think the song is already kicking hard from the first moment and then more and more tracks are dropping making it go from thermo-nuclear to interstellar
What a song

[pizzawithranch]

Music helps me escape the daily pressures of money, school, and family. It takes me out of the constant distraction and focus of the future and lets me enjoy the moment, the present. Music has always been there for me

[JasonWW.]

Authentic French Touch was made in 2018. Brilliant.

[mariaangelacatalan]

Neither One of Us by Gladys Knight & The Pips... At a whole other level!
That's the original song.

[craigchapman]

This is literally the true definition of house music! That soulful feeling 👏👌

[MAMP]

Nothing like a good old fashioned disco loop that is catchy as fck.

[fukuuu]

Heartache, love, and everything in-between. Such a beautiful romance that never gets old. ❤️

[bestcomment]

Koze is the producer who is in touch with the souls of millions galaxywide. Will never get tired of his music. It’s blessed stuff.

[romanpiontkovszkij]

Mr Laurent Garnier played this masterpiece with full of emotions!🔊👆🙌

[BigSizzle]

This song is perfect to explain a great first date, or the sadness of a loving but not lasting relationship coming to an end 👌

[paleodan]

I'm hearing "Music Sounds Better with You." (Twenty years later is a great time for French House to come back!)

[LloydMolefe]

Bro created a scenery by letting us paint the canvas with our imagination while he's directing it LMAO. LOVE IT. DJ KOZE ALWAYS BE ZE GREAT ONE 🙇‍♂