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Single Review: Four Tet – Angel Echoes Remixes (Domino)
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 15 July 2010
This remix 12″ of Four Tet’s ‘Angel Echoes’ sees the track’s onomatopoeic glory showcased from two incredible new angles.
The Caribou remix turns the ‘less is more’ maxim on its head, by doubling the length of the original track and, in turn, simply extending its beauty by another four minutes. The stripped-back mournfulness and yearning are intensified into a looming silhouette. The track echoes with fear and gloaming: the angel is now fallen, it seems, and on its descent has brushed alongside more sinister celestial forces.
The other remix comes courtesy of producer/DJ Jon Hopkins, and acts as the ambient antidote to Caribou’s rather stunning sojourn to the dark side. The female vocals become marginalised in favour of a more elevating beat, interspersed with the sound of a sharp intake of breath. Quite fitting, really, for the end of two tracks that manage to wrench sheer, delicate beauty from your speakers like very few songs can. EG
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