Maxïmo Park to release special 12″ remix single
Maxïmo Park - 12
Warp Records‘ premier guitar band Maxïmo Park have announced the release of a new remix EP on 12″, called ‘Twelve’. And this is exactly why we love them…
“It’s a classic format and we wanted to do something more ‘dance’ because Quicken The Heart is not only sparkling pop, but I find it promotes a wiggle of the backside and a brisk tap of the foot,” says singer of the Teesside favourites Paul Smith.
“Apart from the ‘I Want You To Stay’ b-sides, we’ve avoided remixes largely because we wanted to define ourselves outside of our famous label. We approached some artists we respect and put out the call for remixes. ‘Let’s Get Clinical’ proved popular with Clark (his remix is mental!), Tom Middleton (ultra-danceable!) and Hijacker (subtly addictive!), whereas dubstep pioneer Martyn fancied a crack at ‘A Cloud Of Mystery’ with intoxicating results. My vocal gets chopped up and completely mullered in versions that will hopefully appeal to new people as well as those of you with a toe in techno waters.”
More mixes will be available on download, such as ‘dub’ and ’1989′ versions by Tom Middleton. No, we don’t know what that means either.
“It comes in a nice fluoro-green sleeve and we’re gonna bring a few with us on tour tonight,” said Mr. Smith on Wednesday October 7, 2009. “They’re currently in transit and those going to the October shows in UK and Germany will have a first chance to hear this collection of beats and bleeps.”
Oh and another piece of news: they’ve covered Vincent Gallo’s ‘When’, and that will be available on Warp Records’ 20th anniversary box set, Warp20.
Now run off and have a nice cup of tea…
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