In 2019, Linnea Dale and Of Norway released Pets, an album collecting the pair’s tantalizing collaborative tracks. Now Beatservice is releasing two sets of EPs featuring cool remixes of songs from this album. The first volume spotlights “War With Yourself”, with the original mix nicely complemented by two unheard versions — choice reworks from UK nu-disco trio Paper Street Soul (AKA Cuz Electric and Slync) and the Bergen-based organic techno exponent Angermund.
A mischievous workout fusing whirring analog house with heavy-lidded pop tropes, “War With Yourself” proves to have lost nothing of its heavy-duty energy and loungey aptitude. In Paper Street Soul's version, this former stealth club weapon is stripped bare of its ear-wormy bass and jacking pistons to enter a new dimension of coastal plenitude. Scoping out the fringes betwixt solar-powered funk, post-Balearic ambientism, and vaporous pop straight out the can, PSS dish out a seriously addictive number, full of vim and outright soothing euphoria.
Angermund's hair-trigger version puts the pedal to the metal and takes us on a demented safari-like ride across shape-shifting, neon-clad landscapes at full throttle. The result is an utterly mind-bending trip, engineering a mix of steroid-boosted bass, gym-bunnyesque synth leads. This distinctive, hard-hitting affair also features a double-time percussive churn that pulls out all the stops, no matter the hour of the day.
Nick Warren (The Soundgarden) – “The original mix is amazing.”
Hard Ton (Toy Tonics) – “All of the versions are great!”
Black Mighty Wax (Irma Records) – “The original version will fit perfectly in my radio show.”
Kosta (Vibe FM) – “Great vibe, I’ll play this out.”
Simon Kirk (Stag Beetle Radio Show) – “I love the Paper Street Soul Remix – full support.”
Sandro Bianchi (Ibiza Sonica) – “Great original, brilliant remixes.”
Velanche (Urban Landscapes Show) – “The Paper Street Soul mix is groovy, that’s the one for me.”
Hober Mallow (Mighty Reel) – “Great original, and very cool remixes here. Will support.”
Zach Van Lue (91x) – “Cool remixes. I play the original often, so it’s cool to mix it up.”
DJ Nova (Rodon FM 95) – “From its lo-fi, hazy guitar to the gentle club oriented nineties flavored architecture the Paper Street Soul Remix is made to be played to wider audiences.”
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