Title: Counter Mixes
Artist: Maps
Label: Mute
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Genre: The Disco’s In The Field On The Left
1: Witchy Feel (GLOK Remix)
2: Lack Of Sleep (Pye Corner Audio Remix)
3: Witchy Feel (Counter Mix)
4: Heya Yaha (Counter Mix)
Maps aka James Chapman, recently released an album, ‘Counter Melodies’, form which he chose to rework two tracks, and commission a couple of remixes. The two that he did: ‘Heya Yaha’ and ‘Witchy Feel’, are symphonic, orchestral journeys through grandiose soundscapes, with the former built around a spaced-out wispiness that gradually hardens, and the latter sounding like a homage to Jean-Michel Jarre. Both are excellent and I recommend experiencing them in a cathedral. On drugs. Glok, aka Ride’s Andy Bell, also has a stab at ‘Witchy Feel’, and concocts a bass-driven throbber with a breakbeat core. Pye Corner Audio’s version of ‘Lack Of Sleep’ has an acid nucleus which, aligned with the use of vocals and a pervasive dustiness, feels somnolent and energetic simultaneously. No mean feat. And again, you’re missing out if you don’t get wasted while listening to this stuff, under controlled conditions, you understand.
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