Peaking Lights - 936 Remixed

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4...according to our Clinton on Fri 03 Feb, 2012.

What a delightful moment I had on Christmas day when I unwrapped that Peaking Lights LP I'd wanted. Actually a more exciting moment occurred when I put the needle on the record and realised what I suspected all along that it was a very very fine record indeed. Here we have a new remix 12” on Silk records which contains mixes by Ital, Xander Harris, Innergaze and Cuticle. The Ital is a little bland, generic house, the Xander Harris ups the ante with some squelshy synth and some lovely reverbed vocals. Both Innergaze and Cuticle continue the housey synthy vibe. Cuticle is certainly the most successful of the mixes - transporting the excellent 'Tiger Eyes' to the dancefloor, beefing up the bottom end, adding some synths but keeping the vocals intact. This is a remix record aimed squarely at the dancefloor and so there's not too much musical invention on offer. Mainly it proves happily that Peaking Lights brand of dubbed out bliss can be manipulated into separate genres and is a worthy addition to the essential album and previous remix 12”.

Ponies from the SILK stable turn '936' dub-a-dub lullaby groovers into full-on synth-sex, acid-bubble, twinkle-starshine dance ditties on this remix redux. Beat it with the chic vocal pitch n' bounce and metallic/mechanic swing of Ital's take on "Marshmellow Yellow." Bring it on baroque with Xander Harris' Sly and Dario giallo-reggae revision of "Birds of Paradise." Innergaze hi-five the minimal wave of "All The Sun That Shines," transforming the original into a syncopated psych-out dark-disco-dose FX fest. And Cuticle's got the bleary bleep-bloop best of sweet serenade "Tiger Eyes" with Casio keyed-up flourishes, hi-hat space jams, and damp ramp-up breakdowns. Even beater than the real thing; let the Domino fall for '936'-gone-nightlife.

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