been a while since I posted — here’s a good couple of tunes I came across recently. Hot Chip have been doing buckets of remixes, and to be honest, they’re starting to sound a bit same-y to my ears:

1. start off with the original song, add some improved beats and sawtooth synths with a pretty light touch
2. BUT about 2/3rds of the way through, suddenly segue into a full-on Hot Chip Bass/Synth Drone Workout

actually, I’m not complaining — I love it! Here’s one that really works out quite well:

Tilly and the Wall - Sing Songs Along (Hot Chip Remix)

The slightly tweeeee sounds of Tilly and the Wall (this is the one with the tap-dancing on a sheet of metal, tap-dancing, seriously) are much improved by those Chippy synths. It never really gets too mental, unlike:

Queens of the Stone Age - I’m Designer (Hot Chip remix)

omg, halfway through, the poor old QotSA are nearly discarded in favour of cowbells, crazy sawtooth arpeggiation, heavy distortion on the vocals, and droning keyboards. Brilliant!

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