I didn't know what to expect from the latest Thomas Fehlman and Stephen Stephenson & Jack Schidt Sigur Ros remixesof Gobbledigook. It starts with ethereal vocals, then dissipates to nothing. Then the undulating rhythm track seeps in and almighty handclaps badger you senseless. It does a kind of KompaKt minimalist dance thing for a bit then goes clapping off into the distance. It also has drums that wouldn't sound out place on a Kate Bush album. It's well done but I can't see the point of remixes sometimes. Its a bit like talking to someone,then having the person talking to you putting a "phat break" behind what you just said...This will probably sell fuckloads so on to summat else......
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* "Gobbldigook" is the spectacular opening track on Sigur Ros’ recent album "Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust", undeniably one of the most hymnic songs they’ve written thus far.
* Fellow Islanders Stephen Stephenson aka President Bongo (of Gus Gus fame) and Jack Schidt couldn’t resist transforming the complex, polyrhythmic original into an exceptionally ethereal club track.
* When the angelic voice of Jon Birgisson unfolds on a club soundsystem it really feels like you’re in heaven. The ultraslim percussion groove takes over the tribalistic atmosphere of the original but catapults it a hundred light years into the future.
* Thomas Fehlmann’s remix on the flipside is nothing short of sensational.
