I love a good HEALTH remix. Eddie Van Narc aka Narctrax has sent us his remix of Heaven, and good lord, it’s special. The original track has been transformed from an exercise in strange minimal noise rock to a trancey spaceage adventure laced with those beautifully subtle HEALTH vocals and what sounds like some kind of robotic birdcall. This is HEALTH for people who don’t quite get HEALTH, with their tendency towards 40-second introductions composed of near silence broken up by bursts of well-placed noise, and their commitment to the value of not what’s been put into a track, but what’s been strategically left out. Narctrax’s remix makes me feel like I’m in the middle of a jungle made entirely of stainless steel. Someone get me a robotic bird.
So now that Narctrax is all done remixing for HEALTH, The Teenagers have asked him to do a remix of their playful little track, Scarlett Johansson, so I really can’t wait for that. And speaking of remixes, it seems German electrotrash outfit Hard On have tickled the fancy of Gus Da Hoodrat (Bang Gang), and he’s promised to organise a Bag Raiders remix of one of the tracks we posted a little while ago, once he gets back from touring. So watch this space…
HEALTH - Heaven (Narctrax Remix)
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[...] So before you go off and spontaneously combust over just how many thousands of words you have to write by Thursday (or is that just me…?) get into this remix. And then check out the remix he did for HEALTH here. [...]
Unless you’re willing to take responsibility for damaging listeners’ stereo equipment or their hearing, you probably shouldn’t post tracks with a volume adjustment cranked up as far as it can go.
OK anon squared (if that is your real name), I promise to pay more attention to my volume levels if you promise to adjust the volume levels on your stereo equipment according to your particular aural requirements. Deal…?
Dear anon to the power of two,
Turn down the volume on your stereo you idiot.
Kind regards,
The Sun God