
Xam Duo - RMX
10" Black vinyl
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XAM Duo ā the Yorkshire-based pairing of Matthew Benn and Christopher Duffin ā follow-up their The A-side features a reworking of the albumās closing track, āCold Stonesā, by legendary electronic artist and DJ, James Holden. In one of his first remixes for a number of years, he has taken the originalās calming, comedown energy and transformed it into an epic, 11-and-a-half-minute journey, which somewhere around the five-minute mark comes right back up. āIt didn't turn out quite how I expected, but as they say the sculpture is already in the stone, we just have to find it,ā says Holden. āIt's like the most rave thing Iāve done for ages and also not rave at all, like a blurry dream about a rave?ā Whatever it is, itās incredible, as are the two further reworkings on the B-side. The Early Years resurface after another lengthy hiatus and reframe āLGOCā as a divine astral jazz / krautrock crossover, while Richard Pike (of PVT and Deep Learning, among others) turns āBlue Cometā into a glitchy and discordant soundtrack to the best 1980s computer game you never played. āItās lovely to hear three different interpretations of songs that we already tend to keep quite loose and elastic,ā says Matthew Benn. āThese remixes feel like a natural extension of the music on the album, like they're from the same world, but perhaps in a different language.ā
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10" Black vinyl
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XAM Duo ā the Yorkshire-based pairing of Matthew Benn and Christopher Duffin ā follow-up their The A-side features a reworking of the albumās closing track, āCold Stonesā, by legendary electronic artist and DJ, James Holden. In one of his first remixes for a number of years, he has taken the originalās calming, comedown energy and transformed it into an epic, 11-and-a-half-minute journey, which somewhere around the five-minute mark comes right back up. āIt didn't turn out quite how I expected, but as they say the sculpture is already in the stone, we just have to find it,ā says Holden. āIt's like the most rave thing Iāve done for ages and also not rave at all, like a blurry dream about a rave?ā Whatever it is, itās incredible, as are the two further reworkings on the B-side. The Early Years resurface after another lengthy hiatus and reframe āLGOCā as a divine astral jazz / krautrock crossover, while Richard Pike (of PVT and Deep Learning, among others) turns āBlue Cometā into a glitchy and discordant soundtrack to the best 1980s computer game you never played. āItās lovely to hear three different interpretations of songs that we already tend to keep quite loose and elastic,ā says Matthew Benn. āThese remixes feel like a natural extension of the music on the album, like they're from the same world, but perhaps in a different language.ā
















