Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Thom Yorke is a very hard-working musician. Very soon after the latest Radiohead album, we've already got more new music from him. This one is what used to be called a two-sided single, with tracks called "Ego" and "Mirror", and it was made in collaboration with two electronic musicians - both of whom go by monikers, Burial (William Bevan) and Four Tet (Kieran Hebden). Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find a YouTube version that comes without DJ chattering, so that link will come as soon as I do. In the meantime, I thought I'd provide links for two remixes of tracks from Yorke's 2006 solo album, The Eraser, one each from the two artists named above. Just as arranging became an art form in its own rite with the development of jazz, so has remixing in the digital age. The results can be quite compelling. Here's the original version of "Atoms for Peace": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoOlrf3x2gI&feature=related, and here's Four Tet's remix: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7iWEim4sWo. And here's Yorke's original of "And It Rained All Night": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A604BZ1YZU&feature=related, and here's Burial's remix: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnrsXNBSwGA.

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