Listen: Shabazz Palaces remix Animal Collective

Animal Collective’s Centipede Hz might not have set the world alight quite as brightly as its predecessor Merriweather Post Pavilion (though no reason why not, says I), but the Baltimore boys rightly retain a substantial amount of admiration from listeners and contemporaries alike.

The likes of Teengirl Fantasy and Gang Gang Dance are lined up to feature on Monkey Been To Burn Town, a new selection of remixes of Centipede tunes due out on May 28th via Domino. But they aren’t the only reasons to raise one’s eyebrow.

Though they might not have top billing on the EP, Seattle’s experimental hip hop wizards Shabazz Palaces are arguably the most exciting collaborators on the track list. They’ve also turned in the record’s first must-hear cut, a characteristically downbeat head-spinner of a track that re-imagines ‘New Town Burnout’ as a maelstrom of bleak funk, all but entirely stripped of the original’s more melodious bent.