RMX

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Limited 2LP : Red/Blue Vinyl

2LP : Standard Black Vinyl

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Cooked up in the
 Blue Note Lab, RMX presents last year’s band-defining masterpiece, 
GoGo Penguin, re-imagined through the filter of some of the world’s finest producers and remixers. For RMX the idea was both simple and inspired; commission a remix of every track from last year’s album and present a total re-imagination of the record, a remix, or as the band title it, a RMX. In the end they went one better; with a remix of every track (and two of one) plus a remix of the track 
Petit_a, which was originally released only in Japan before surfacing on their
 Live from Studio 2 digital EP. The idea behind RMX was also the catalyst for a remarkably inspired collaboration. The Manchester trio’s music has always drawn heavily on electronica (alongside jazz, indie and classical influences) and so commissioning ten of their favourite artists to rework their music made perfect sense – and the results are spectacular. One of the very best remix projects you will hear anywhere. Amongst the many highlights are
 Squarepusher’s thumping remix of
 F Maj Pixie, alongside Japanese producers 
Cornelius and 
Yosi creating sublime new landscapes with the band’s music on 
Kora and 
Embers. 
James Holden assembles an epic synth odyssey around 
Totem and 
Portico Quartet produce a sympathetic reworking of 
Don’t Go. Band faves
 Clark and 
Nathan Fake produce inimitable reworkings as does noted French producer 
Rone, while American producer 
Machine Drum turns Atomised into dance floor friendly ‘belter’ which is also the first single.  Finally, the band have not forgotten their hometown – Manchester is well represented, with remixes from elder statesman and dance music legend 
Graham Massey (808 state) and new discovery 
Shunya, whose enigmatic reworking of 
To The Nth almost steals the record.

Tracklist

1. Kora (Cornelius Remix)
2. Atomised (Machinedrum Remix)
3. Embers (Yosi Horikawa Remix)
4. F Major Pixie (Rone Remix)
5. F Major Pixie (Squarepusher Remix)
6. Open (Nathan Fake Remix)
7. Signal in the Noise (808 State Remix)
8. Totem (James Holden Remix)
9. To the Nth (Shunya Remix)
10. Petit_a (Clark Remix)
11. Don’t Go (Portico Quartet Remix)

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