Lady Gaga "Poker Face" who mastered.

[24-96 Mastering]

Originally Posted by g.g.

Poker Face was pretty straight forward the usual... added some lows, mids, and highs that's about it. I had nothing to do with the swing of the track. I hope this helps.

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To the OP: helping the groove / swing / bounce along a bit with compression isn't that uncommon (at least not here), but certainly not to the extent that most dance productions do it these days. That happens very much at mixing. And the emphasis in mastering would be on gently enhancing or emphasizing the groove, if the feel of the song benefits from it, but not creating one.

[sesshin]

Originally Posted by the Set Surgeon

I believe the producer for the song was "Red One" who is one of the founders of Ram Raiders, a drum 'n bass production team from the UK. And yes, this album was intended to be a dance hit album.

That's what i thought at first too! But I think it's a different Red One, he's produced New Kids on the Block, Enrique Iglesias, to name a few RedOne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Delta Heavy]

Originally Posted by the Set Surgeon

I believe the producer for the song was "Red One" who is one of the founders of Ram Raiders, a drum 'n bass production team from the UK. And yes, this album was intended to be a dance hit album.

lol

trust me, it wasn't!

[Jesse Skeens]

Originally Posted by 24-96 Mastering

To the OP: helping the groove / swing / bounce along a bit with compression isn't that uncommon (at least not here), but certainly not to the extent that most dance productions do it these days. That happens very much at mixing. And the emphasis in mastering would be on gently enhancing or emphasizing the groove, if the feel of the song benefits from it, but not creating one.

Fairly common here, it comes through with the gluing process. I often get tracks coming in a bit flat rhythmically but once some stereo buss comp is applied the kick and snare lock together better and this can certainly affect the swing and groove.