Raindrops Keep Falling

Thirteen songs to sail through a soggy Sunday. Select cuts from some of my favourite EPs, albums and remixes from the last couple of years, several purchased on Bandcamp Friday, which will be continuing for the rest of this year. It won't be a great surprise to see Dan Wainwright, Andy Bell/GLOK or Pye Corner Audio here, but there have been a few unexpected 'comebacks' from Ultramarine and D:Ream, which I've really enjoyed.

 

1) I Love You: Dan Wainwright (2021) 

2) Ride Or Die (Single Version): Boys Noize ft. Kelsey Lu & Chilly Gonzales (2021)

3) Parallel 6: Four Tet (2020)

4) Meet Me At Midnight (Dan Wainwright Remix): D:Ream (2021)

5) In My Sleep (DJ Nature Remix By Milo Johnson): Margee (2021)

6) Lagrimas De San Lorenzo (Coyote Remix): Chris Coco & George Solar (2021)

7) That Time Of Night (Single Version): GLOK ft. Shiarra (2021)

8) Memory Of Rave: Pye Corner Audio (2020)

9) Fledgling Sun: The Future Sound Of London (2021)

10) Rickie's Alibi: Andres Y Xavi (2021)

11) The Commune (Pye Corner Audio Remix): Andy Bell (2021)

12) Spark From Flint To Clay: Ultramarine ft. Anna Domino (2019)

13) The County (Revisited By Dylan Henner): Valgeir Sigurðsson (2020)

 

Raindrops Keep Falling (1:16:19)
 

Cosmic Intervention

From goth to groove in 24 hours. Today, I was up early and not in the mood to move. Thankfully, Australia's Angus Gruzman aka Dreems has remedied that with the infectious Opium Tiger, Flying Again. It's a rework of a 2019 song and all the better for it, nearly 13 minutes of groove, that changes tack about halfway. There's also a very indie guitar snippet, which got me thinking of Pink Industry at one point. The remix EP, out today, includes further versions of Flying Tiger by Japan's Zongamin and two from Canada's The Mole, all worth your time and hard earned pennies.

Opium Tiger, Flying Again: Dreems (2021)

Next up, and out earlier this month, is the UNKLE remix of Krust's Hegel Dialect from his 2020 album, The Edge Of Everything. In typical back-to-front fashion, I haven't heard the album yet, but this remix package (TEOE Remixes #3) is spot on. I think the last UNKLE remix I picked up was in 2015 so this is a welcome surprise.

Hegel Dialect (UNKLE Reconstruction): Krust (2021)

What will come as no surprise is that Sean Johnson aka Hardway Bros delivers a killer groove on his remix of French producer Margee's Wrong Dream, from the In My Sleep EP released last Friday. 11 minutes of pulsing beats and shimmering synths that feels way too short. Both the Krust and Margee packages include essential remixes from Bristol legend and founding member of The Wild Bunch, Milo Johnson, in his DJ Nature guise. 

Wrong Dream (Hardway Bros Cosmic Intervention): Margee (2021)

 

 

Dreems (Bandcamp)

Krust on Crosstown Rebels (Bandcamp)

The Edge Of Everything: Remixed (out 6th August on Bandcamp)

Margee (Soundcloud)

DJ Nature (Soundcloud)