If This House Was on Fire
I got the new Black Ghosts single in the post the other day, and like all the others it's brilliant. I was all excited about posting the Plastician & Skream remix, only to remember just now that I posted it a few months ago. Gah! Well it's still amazing.
I've a lot of love for the Ghosts, and based on all the singles so far (all of which i've probably posted here... this skull has certainly made several appearances on the page!) I think the album is really something to look forward to.
The original of 'Some Way Through This' actually has a fairly similar dubstep flava to the aforementioned remix. Laid back with heavy sounds & dramatic strings. In essence however, it's just a great tune.
THE BLACK GHOSTS - SOME WAY THROUGH THIS
Tonto is the new single from the Battles album, and it's another belter almost soaring to the heights of 'Atlas'.
The accompanying video is incredible, even when viewed in the tiny confines of youtube.
So with a track & video as good as that, and Warp managing the goods, it's no surprise that the remixes are mighty fine. It's a real battle (ba-dum) to decide between the Four Tet & The Field for first prize, but i'll give it to The Field as i've not written about them before.
Well the reason i've not written about him before is because i've not heard anything by him before (this, to be clear is The Field and not Fields or Field Music). I have heard good things though from his technoid output on Kompakt Records, and perhaps on this evidence it's a guy worth investigating.
Conjuring up images of travelling at night, the mix builds slowly & repetitively, firing at new synapses of your brain as each new element is added. It becomes quite overwhelming after a while, and demands your attention. This isn't for background listening.
BATTLES - TONTO (THE FIELD REMIX)
I'm still crazy about the Italians do it Better compilation, and even more so now my 12"s have arrived too. Farah, Glass Candy & Professor Genius in all their analog glory. Well I also had the good sense to order the Professor Genius CD. His tracks were some of the best on 'After Dark' (how good is 'Pegaso'?!), and there's only 300 copies of this bad boy (order it here).
You know what to expect from this.. glitzy Italo chords, heart pumping arpeggiators fuelled by pure crystalline cocaine. Dry Ice & glitterballs. Night Games is one of the tracks that's only on this CD. Across the Spree can also be found on the Italians do it Better 12". It's trendy cos it's hot.
PROFESSOR GENIUS - NIGHT GAMES
PROFESSOR GENIUS - ACROSS THE SPREE
After getting Talking Heads' 'Stop Making Sense' DVD free with the paper last week, it's great to hear this new re-edit from the genius of the genre Greg Wilson.
This sounds very much like it's the version taken from the film, where Byrne plays an acoustic guitar accompanying a boombox belching out staccato 808 noises.
With the drums moved to the beginning, and some fantastic crowd noise manipulation, an already spellbinding version of the track is improbably improved. I don't want to over use the words 'brilliant' and 'amazing' but this is both.
TALKING HEADS - PSYCHO KILLER (DJ GREG WILSON RE-EDIT)
I've a lot of love for the Ghosts, and based on all the singles so far (all of which i've probably posted here... this skull has certainly made several appearances on the page!) I think the album is really something to look forward to.
The original of 'Some Way Through This' actually has a fairly similar dubstep flava to the aforementioned remix. Laid back with heavy sounds & dramatic strings. In essence however, it's just a great tune.
THE BLACK GHOSTS - SOME WAY THROUGH THIS
Tonto is the new single from the Battles album, and it's another belter almost soaring to the heights of 'Atlas'.
The accompanying video is incredible, even when viewed in the tiny confines of youtube.
So with a track & video as good as that, and Warp managing the goods, it's no surprise that the remixes are mighty fine. It's a real battle (ba-dum) to decide between the Four Tet & The Field for first prize, but i'll give it to The Field as i've not written about them before.
Well the reason i've not written about him before is because i've not heard anything by him before (this, to be clear is The Field and not Fields or Field Music). I have heard good things though from his technoid output on Kompakt Records, and perhaps on this evidence it's a guy worth investigating.
Conjuring up images of travelling at night, the mix builds slowly & repetitively, firing at new synapses of your brain as each new element is added. It becomes quite overwhelming after a while, and demands your attention. This isn't for background listening.
BATTLES - TONTO (THE FIELD REMIX)
I'm still crazy about the Italians do it Better compilation, and even more so now my 12"s have arrived too. Farah, Glass Candy & Professor Genius in all their analog glory. Well I also had the good sense to order the Professor Genius CD. His tracks were some of the best on 'After Dark' (how good is 'Pegaso'?!), and there's only 300 copies of this bad boy (order it here).
You know what to expect from this.. glitzy Italo chords, heart pumping arpeggiators fuelled by pure crystalline cocaine. Dry Ice & glitterballs. Night Games is one of the tracks that's only on this CD. Across the Spree can also be found on the Italians do it Better 12". It's trendy cos it's hot.
PROFESSOR GENIUS - NIGHT GAMES
PROFESSOR GENIUS - ACROSS THE SPREE
After getting Talking Heads' 'Stop Making Sense' DVD free with the paper last week, it's great to hear this new re-edit from the genius of the genre Greg Wilson.
This sounds very much like it's the version taken from the film, where Byrne plays an acoustic guitar accompanying a boombox belching out staccato 808 noises.
With the drums moved to the beginning, and some fantastic crowd noise manipulation, an already spellbinding version of the track is improbably improved. I don't want to over use the words 'brilliant' and 'amazing' but this is both.
TALKING HEADS - PSYCHO KILLER (DJ GREG WILSON RE-EDIT)
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