• Generic, unnecessary vocal loop instead of SASH! original
• Downgraded version of Olly James’ original twist
• Why, and how is this being released again on Spinnin’?

You missed our negative reviews, didn’t you? It was time, finally, to release a good old rant blast. The protagonists of this particular travesty are Quintino, a guy who is a constant “hit or miss” in terms of releases, and Thomas Gold, whom I just happened to praise in the recent “Now Or Never” review. Anyways, their collaboration “Quechua” sounds cent percent Quintino styled, so I will forgot about Gold, like it happened for years.

But, wait a second.

Does it really sound all Quintino? Because that lead, that melody and that Big Room structure constantly rings a bell in my head.

“Quechua” is a rework of SASH!’s 1997 Dance hit “Ecuador”, but surprise surprise, Olly James released an almost identical modernized adaptation back in 2016, on the same imprint (which also paved his breakthrough back then). My sincere request to readers is to listen both versions, and notice how ridiculously similar they sound, except maybe for the (worse) vocal and other lighter details on the build-up and the kick selection.

I don’t know why and how these two insanely creative minds picked up something already reworked (in a gorgeous way at that, being one of the British artist’s most listened song ever), degraded it by adding a generic reggaetón loop and a cheaper kickdrum, and still managed to get approved and released by the same major! Whyyyy?

Additionally, they altered the title to a random word that sounds cool (and oh, the Quechua population is mostly based in Peru, not Equador. Somebody forgot how to google!) and didn’t credit SASH! like Olly did. I am suspecting that someone wass very well aware about the 2016 version and there was an attempt to “suppress” this connection. Something is certainly wrong, and I can feel it as clear as a day.

“Quechua” comes almost as an blatant replica of Olly Jame’s banger, but reeks of laziness and fiscally motivated copy-pasting, even if Quintino often uses this style. It is impossible that he wasn’t informed of the fact that an exact result released only five years ago (as 1001tracklists proves, he even played it multiple times). Either ways, it is an useless and watered-down track that tries to ruins the better elements from “Ecuador” (both 1997 and 2016 ones), by being even more generic and cheap. A complete disaster, if not a comical laughing stock.

You can listen to “Quechua” here:

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