The people behind Heavy Disco Records have offered up a dancefloor-friendly reworking of “Kids,” their favorite cut from Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein’s score/soundtrack of everyone’s favorite new Netflix series Stranger Things. The song hosts contributions from label head Ali Jamieson, Phonat, and Grammy nominated producer Hal Ritson of The Young Punx. Spin it below.
Late last year, Ocean Hope, the Greek sibling project of Angeliki and Serafim Tsotsoni, captivated us with their debut EP, Chamber Dreams, a four-song set of modern berceuse-like compositions wandering between gloomy and romantic. The ambiguous nature of the tracks led to a number of producers and bedroom artists wanting to add their interpretations or edits of the songs resulting 20 varying reworks. Due to the fantastic quality of each, the duo’s label, Seattle-based Hush Hush Records, is set to offer them in two separate volumes, respectively named Chamber Dreams: Remixes, Vol. 1 & 2, with the first installment coming on August 19th and latter in early fall. As a part of Volume 1, fellow Greek outfit Keep Shelly in Athens reimagines “By Your Side” as a nostalgic, sun-blinding fantasy incorporating aerated synths laced with brilliant flashes of light, a somewhat antitheses to the forlorn emotions of original.
Hannah Rodgers, aka Pixx, released the track “Baboo” back in May. Shura has taken the song to create a “Space Tape Edit” of the song converting the woozy tones into something of an extraterrestrial night jam. According to Shura, she wanted to “travel to a different universe” with the stems and make the song “sound as if it had been made on the moon.” For those in the UK, you can catch Pixx live supporting Glass Animals in October.
Tour Dates:
Aug. 1st – LONDON, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse (Wonder Women curated by Lauren Laverne)
Oct. 21st – OXFORD, O2 Academy (w/ Glass Animals)
Oct. 22nd – BRIGHTON, Dome (w/ Glass Animals)
Oct. 25th – LONDON, Roundhouse (w/ Glass Animals)
Oct. 26th – MANCHESTER, Academy 2 (w/ Glass Animals)
Oct. 27th – GLASGOW, Art School (w/ Glass Animals)
Oct. 28th – LIVERPOOL, O2 Academy (w/ Glass Animals)
Oct. 29th – DUBLIN, The Olympia (w/ Glass Animals)
“Our friends Cameo Culture and Slow Hands have a new project called North East Kingdom. They jammed out over the The Catch The Wind acapella and came up with this little gem.” – High Highs
Now based firmly in Brooklyn, Sydney, Australia natives High Highs really seem to have settled in with their sophomore LP, Cascades, released back in February of this year further complimenting their gorgeous harmonies with a more accessible pop sound. One of the highlights from the solid album from start to finish is the somber, yet soaring “Catch the Wind.” Instead of making the sound larger, Northeast Kingdom, a new project of Cameo Culture and Slow Hands, stripped it down creating almost a fireside folk track over gorgeous guitar and banjo work in their interpretation. The lovely results can be found below.
Nicholas Principe’s project Port St. Willow released new LP Syncope late last year. Just when you thought the beautifully understated album couldn’t be further subdued, Flau label-mate Noah added her feathery touch in a remix of standout track “Ordinary Pleasure” pulling out the peaking through the clouds warmth of the original and taking it to a completely new place. Listen below and purchase the album here.
Parisian pair The Dø released their third album, Shake Shook Shaken, during the early part of last year. One of the more attractive songs from the album was the palette-friendly “Trustful Hands”. Recently, the song has received the remix treatment by the hands of Gilligan Moss and The Gravity. Today, we have a more abstract take of the song courtesy of Spanish producer Pedro Vian. His interpretation turns the song into a meditative prayer acting as a mental stress dissolver with every gentle brush. Listen to it below along with the previous mentioned remixes and original.
Allie X’s output for the last couple of years has been some of our favorite, so we enjoy reworkings on her music to keep things fresh. She just dropped a GIF visual (an altered version from GIF for the original) and formally blessed a remix of her track “Tumor” by Icterine aka Marcel Everett aka XXYYXX that has been floating around for a few months. If you aren’t familiar with it, now is your chance below. Also, you can check out a video of her performing “Sanctuary” live that came with the release of her CollXtion 1 in the UK.
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