All those who think that remixing amounts to little more than stretching a track out to seven minutes and adding a four-on-the-floor kick: listen up. Toronto’s Doldrums, at the tender age of 21, is demonstrating how it should really be done.
The producer, freshly signed to No Pain In Pop, has completely reworked Portishead‘s ‘Chase The Tear’, leaving only the most basic elements intact: a snippet of the arpeggiated synth, the vocal melody, the basic drum pattern. The track, originally a characteristically sombre affair, is rendered in a completely different palette; all sparkling primary colours and springing percussion. A vast improvement on the original.
‘Chase The Tear’ is out on 12″, accompanied by the original Portishead version, next month on XL. All proceeds go to Amnesty International.
CHASE THE TEAR (portishead / doldrums split 12″) by DOLDRUMS
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