Tainted Love was composed by Ed Cobb in 1964 for Gloria Jones, originally a Northern Soul hit. Soft Cell covered it in 1981, doing an electro remix with synthesizers and drum machines (Net Industries, 2011).
In order to do an electro remix I will add synthesizers using my MIDI keyboard, process the drums and hopefully some electro loops including the 'Four on the floor' beat which is prevalent in dance and disco beats as the "pattern invites specific responses both on and off the dance floor, and head-nodding, foot-tapping, upper-body-bouncing, and other undulating body movement patterns represent the first step in a form of 'participatory' music listening that leads directly to the urge to dance" (Danielsen, 2010: 122).
Net Industries, (2011). Soft Cell Bibliography. [Online] Available: http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608003749/Soft-Cell.html [Accessed 03 May 2011].
Danielsen, A. (2010) Musical Rhythm in the Age of Digital Reproduction. Surrey: Ashgate Publishing Limited
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