Kate NashI used to hate the whole remix concept, but I’ve been turned around on it over the past year. While a lot of remixes are pretty worthless, there are also a good number of them that do have some merit as works of their own. One of the more prolific of these remixers has been , who has come up with new versions of songs by pretty much everyone. Architecture in Helsinki, Klaxons, Gorillaz, Dntel and The Teenagers (making these last few posts one big circle jerk) and now have had their songs turned into something completely different.

If I’m honest, this didn’t do a lot for me on the first couple of listens, but I’m getting quite into it now. This was probably because it’s so startlingly different to the original that it takes some getting used to. The piano has been stripped out entirely, as has the upbeat nature of the song. Instead we’re left with something far more sombre, employing vocal effects as well as adding a repetitive backing vocal and a heavy beat. Get past the differences though and there’s something very good here. Not quite up to the original, but a fun attempt nonetheless.

MP3 Kate Nash – Foundations (Metronomy remix) (expired)

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