Call it crazy, but we’re convinced one of the biggest joys in life and music is a good remix or cover. Why? Because it means a musician loves a song so much that they’re willing to publicly re-interpret it. To celebrate how special that is we’re taking a look at some of the best new remixes and covers to come out of Australia and beyond. Check out this week’s picks for our remixtape.
Midnight Faces Cover Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Everywhere’
Fleetwood Mac have been making a definite and deserved resurgence in recent years and we couldn’t be happier. In a similar vein to Vampire Weekend’s cover of the same tune, Midnight Faces the up and coming two piece from Los Angeles bring the synth in a very real way.
We Are Scientists Cover Berlin’s ‘Take My Breath Away’
Sometimes one hit wonders can be as formative to a musician’s development as classic records. Cut to that sex song from Top Gun. New Yorr-via-Berkley three-piece We Are Scientists have included a very cool rendition of the karaoke song on their new EP Business Casual their first release in over three years.
GLOVES Remixes Passerine’s ‘Paris Morning’
Melbourne duo Passerine return with ‘Paris Morning’, this time collaborating with Sydney-based producer GLOVES who has been getting a lot of cyber love of late. Their very tidy remix has midnight in the club written all over it. Download the tune for free here. Listen to it and try and sit still, we dare you.
Willow Beats Remix Cosmo’s Midnight’s ‘Surge’
In what has to be one of the smoothest remixes we’ve heard in some time electro-duo Willow Beats have taken on the title track from Cosmo’s Midnight’s latest EP. Bringing new textures to the serene jam, we simply can’t get enough of this one!
Planningtorock Remake The Knife’s ‘Full Of Fire’
The Knife have invited Berlin based artist Planningtorock to reinterpret the first single to be taken from their record Shaking The Habitual. Using the ‘Full of Fire’ lyric, Janine Rostron of Planningtorock went about creating a brand new track entitled ‘Lets Talk About Gender Baby, Lets Talk About You And Me’ and the result is pretty extraordinary. Crazy Germans!
