From the recordings Midnight Heat 2099 — Official Track Releases (A Late-Night Nostalgic Downtempo Dreamscape) and HOT NEW RELEASE: E.P 50 No Coke (Full 2-Track Collection)
• Artist: gitadelrio feat. Michelle
• Track Title: NST201 gitadelrio feat. Michelle - The Poison Blows Your Love Away (Late-80s Illusion Mix)
• Record Label: NASTYTOUCH Records
• Catalog Number: NST201
• Bitrate: 320 kbps (High-Quality Audio)
• BPM: 104 BPM
• Primary Genre: Synth-pop
• Sub-styles: 80s Dreamwave, Slow Pop, Spoken Word, Late-80s Synth-Pop
80s synthwave, slow chillwave, 90s pop ballad beat, Milli Vanilli drum machine style, 104 BPM, romantic lush analog synthesizer pads, deep warm synth bassline, cute electronic pop percussion, very sweet naive female soft rap, Mandy Smith vocal texture, cute cooing voice, fragile breathy talking flow, innocent non-melodic delivery, strictly no singing, no backing vocals
Vocal Performance: Naive Innocence Preaching the "No Coke" Anthem
The vocal presentation delivered by Michelle transforms standard heartbreak into a dark, hypnotic sermon, directly channeling the anti-drug themes of Dr. Alban:
• The Concept & Narrative: The lyrics act as a poetic, dark reimagining of No Coke. The warning that "coke will blow your brain" and "fiction will trash your life" is completely detached from the original reggae-house energy and instead delivered as a surreal, late-night confession.
• Mandy Smith (Texture) & Patsy Kensit (Cadence): The voice embodies extreme sweetness, youthful naivety, and fragile innocence (cute cooing voice). This creates a haunting contrast—a delicate, fragile girl-voice delivering a heavy, dark warning about substance decay, operating strictly as a flat rhythmic spoken word with zero melodic pitch shifts or singing.
• Production Polish: Positioned center-forward, the vocals are dry yet wrapped in wide space delays and heavy hall reverb, making the sermon feel close, personal, and heavily disembodied.
2. Instrumental Bed: The Illusion of the Late-80s Floor
Running at a steady and driving 104 BPM cruise, the arrangement accelerates the dream slightly compared to the Ultra Dreamy Mix, introducing a more prominent electronic bounce:
• The Low-End & Groove: The foundation relies on a smooth, warm analog synth bassline and a gentle, rolling drum machine loop heavily inspired by early 90s radio pop ballads (such as Milli Vanilli's Girl I'm Gonna Miss You), decorated with crisp electronic handclaps.
• Synthesis & Vibe: Thick, cascading layers of lush vintage synthesizer pads envelope the entire mix. The combination effectively communicates themes of nocturnal longing, poison, and sweet decay, mimicking the aesthetic of a late-night public service announcement playing on a VHS tape from 1987.
Synthwave, Dreamwave, "80s Pop", "Slow Pop", "104 BPM", "Dr Alban Tribute", "No Coke Inspiration", "Spoken Word", "Monotone Rap", "Mandy Smith Style", "Patsy Kensit Style", "Late-80s Illusion Mix", gitadelrio, Michelle, NST201, "The Poison Blows Your Love Away", "NASTYTOUCH Records"
Lyrics
00:07
I will break your
00:11
that fiction will trash your That powder will break your mind And that fiction will trash your life
00:28
Illusion, always pay the price Let me be, let me be your eyes I wanna see you don't take it Illusion, you always pay the price Let me be, let me be your eyes I wanna see you smiling, don't take it
00:53
Don't take it, don't take it, This could be the last day The poison blows your love away Remember this all the time It ruins your life, it ruins your life It ruins your life
01:21
Two o'clock on a Friday morning Here comes trouble, here comes the fight Danger at the door, crash of the cars on the run Down the dark street arrested and tested Confess the crime, I am calling on the youth Whole heap of boys and girls Chemical abuse is a dangerous thing Stay out of trouble and stop the violence Too much poison makes you lose your mind We don't want no smoke, no heavy white No toxic dust, no fast line pills That powder powder
01:50
And that fiction will trash your life That powder will break your mind
02:03
My fiction will trash your life
02:10
Dealers business is a risky thing Making a million, running to a distant country That is why I come, so you do the right thing I came to tell the absolute truth Some are flying high, some low
02:39
Not knowing right from wrong We don't want no smoke, Heavy white, no toxic dust No fast-line pills, no illegal green That powder will break your mind And that fiction will trash your life That powder will break your mind And that fiction will trash your life Smoking in the night, chasing it
03:27
And that fiction will trash your life
03:42
you
03:46
you