The Smile have released a couple of remixes on 12" vinyl, transforming tracks from their album Cutouts.
I haven't heard the original album versions yet, but the mention of James Holden remixing the A-side Don't Get Me Started was enough to get me straight over to YouTube for a listen, and it's well worth a visit.
Coming on like some lost Byrne and Eno outtake circa 1981, Don't Get Me Started has a menacing, percussive rumble, before Thom Yorke's vocals come in on waves of synths and loops, Holden maintaining the tension and drama for the remainder of the song.
It's an irresistible eight minute ride.
Robert Stillman's remix of Instant Prism also starts off with a evocation of another era and genre, this time mid-90s Japanese ambient techno.
Again, Thom's voice comes in early, the opening line "The overfllow in a hurricane" a portent of what's to come. By the three-and-a-half minute mark, the vocals are looped, reversed and dropped back in the mix.
The last three minutes lose Thom altogether, strings, clanging metal and synth squalls all treated with a lightness of touch, before the subtle fade in of frenetic percussion, nothing overwhelming though.
And then, just shy of eight minutes, it all drops away to a few phased, shimmering chords before coming a gentle but sudden end at nine minutes and sixteen seconds.
Both stunning remixes which have the desired effect of making me want to rush out and buy the EP and check out the original source album.
You can find the remix 12" and Cutouts album in The Smile's online shop and other retailers. To get the EP in digital format, look to the likes of iTunes and Amazon. Bandcamp doesn't appear to have either, but previous digital releases are available.
I'm not the killer
Don't get me started
I'm not the villain
Choose someone else
You don't get to
Nothing is triggered
Nothing is silent
Don't pull me backwards
No, you don't get to
And your voice means nothing
And your voice means nothing
And your voice means nothing
And your voice means nothing
You don't get to
Don't get me started
You don't get me
You don't get me
You don't get me
You don't get me
You don't get me
Don't get me
And your voice means nothing
And your voice means nothing
And your voice means nothing
And you don't get me
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