"I Still See Your Face" is a single by Dutch music producer
San Holo which was released on
Bitbird, his own label, on September 12, 2017. Holo wrote and recorded the song in 2016. "I Still See Your Face" was included on the album ''Gouldian Finch 2'', released on October 5, 2017, and its remixes were released on October 31 of that year. Holo has performed live and acoustic versions of the song, which received generally-positive reviews and reached number 29 on the Dutch Single Tip chart.
Production and release
Holo wrote and recorded demo vocals for the song on a
MacBook in a U.S.
Airbnb during a 2016 tour, and intended to call a vocalist to finish the song later. However, "For some reason these first crappy recordings sounded so right on this song,
ndI decided to keep my own vocals on it this time."
This was the first time that he included his vocals on a song.
According to Holo, "I Still See Your Face" "was supposed to be a pop song"; however, he also said that he knew that it "was gonna be a house song".
On September 9 and 10, 2017 (just before its release), he made two postsone each daywith excerpts from the song.
The song was released digitally on September 12 on
Bitbird (Holo's own label), accompanied by a music video;
an
a cappella
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version was released three days later. The release of the compilation album, ''Gouldian Finch 2'' (with "I Still See Your Face" the first track), was also announced, and the album was released on October 5.
On October 29, Holo performed an acoustic version of the song on a
3FM
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History
As Ra ...
''Talent Session''. A remix album, ''I Still See Your Face (The Remixes)'', was released two days later on Bitbird.
The album contains remixes by Flaws, GOSLO, Hundaes, Lotus and Ellis.
The song reached number 29 on the Dutch Single Tip chart for the week of November 11. On January 8, 2018, Holo performed it on the Dutch talk show ''De Wereld Draait Door''.
Reception
"I Still See Your Face" was generally well-received. Run the Trap's Max Chung called the song "catchy"
[ and, according to a '']Billboard
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'' writer, "It's a beautiful song".[ '' Earmilk'' Katey Ceccarelli wrote, "(...) to actually hear him delivering tender, wistful lyrics is a powerful moment for the Dutch producer's fans."]
Tracklist
*Single: "I Still See Your Face" – 3:38
References
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2017 singles
2017 songs
Dutch pop songs
House music songs