Today's 2021 retrospective highlights some great remixes from various singles and albums. The post title is the opening line of track 1, but also slightly tongue-in-cheek: a quick glance at the track listing and it's like an old school reunion, with Soulwax, Darren Emerson, Mark Ronson, UNKLE, Groove Armada and - bloody hell! - Kris Needs. My other challenge was avoiding making this a Hardway Bros. 'best of 2021'. Sean Johnston has delivered so many fantastic remixes, several of which have featured in previous posts; for this selection, I managed to whittle it down to two. Also making two appearances is Jesse Fahnestock: remixing Spacemen 3 as 10:40 in April, which led me to many more subsequent Bandcamp purchases, and November's single Thrill Me, as Jezebell (Fahnestock & Darren Bell), which includes a suitably whacko retro sample. This is barely scratching the surface, and I've a long list of this year's music that I still want to get, as 2022 and even more new sounds approach.
1) A Hero's Death (Soulwax Remix): Fontaines D.C.
2) That Time Of Night (Darren Emerson Remix): GLOK ft. Shiarra
3) Sail We Must (Hardway Bros Remix): Wet Signals
4) Thrill Me (Darren Darko Mix): Jezebell
5) Flying Tiger (The Mole's Slower Remix By Colin De La Plante): Dreems
6) New Love Cassette (Mark Ronson Remix): Angel Olsen
7) Hegel Dialect (UNKLE Reconstruction): Krust
8) They're In Our Head (Kampong Glam Mix): Rude Audio
9) First Class Bitch (Groove Armada's Confidence Trick Remix): Confidence Man
10) Point And Kill / Fear No Man (mindtrix music Remix): Little Simz ft. Obongjayar
11) Walking In The Sun (James Bright Remix): Andres Y Xavi ft. Rolo McGinty
12) Obey (Hardway Bros Stereo Odyssey Mix): Rheinzand
13) Love Comes In Waves (Pye Corner Audio Remix): Andy Bell
14) Weekend (The Judas Triangle) (Dom Beken & Kris Needs Remix): The Orb
15) How Does it Feel? (10:40's Terrace Moonshine Dub) (Remix By Jesse Fahnestock): Spacemen 3
A note on yesterday's post: track-by-track comments still to come. Early visitors may have noticed that I dropped Show Your Face by The Anchoress into the mix for a second consecutive day. Oops! That was a mistake: much as I love the song, it was supposed to be Let It Hurt instead, but in my half-awake state I pulled the wrong track. After a shower and a strong coffee, I've corrected and replaced the selection and link. Slipshod DJ licence currently under review and may be revoked.
Your posts this week look like a really good way to finish the year. Haven't managed to listen to any yet but good work.
ReplyDeleteMany of this year's purchases were thanks to a Bagging Area post, Adam, so thanks for the heads up, time and again.
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