Black Dominoes remix Fleet Foxes
Normally if you called someone a bedroom knob-tweaker they might punch you (in the neck) but for Georgia-based mixmaster Kellen Crosby –aka Black Dominoes– it would probably garner you a hug. Mr. Crosby has a knack for pushing the constraints and possibilities in songs, and does mysterious things to them. Last time we heard a Black Dominoes cut it was that Vampire Weekend remix, which eventually went from here in blogland all the way up to the BBC. Cool.
Here’s the description of his newest remix, of a song originally by those shimmery SubPop signees Fleet Foxes:
Black Dominoes lets the soft echoes of the fivesome outside to play; the throttling back of some of the original drums only creates more space for soft whirrs and 909 whispers. The added hand drums in the beginning and end of the track interweave with the electronic elements of the song; the juxtaposition is not unlike eating a piece of foreign-grown organic produce on a busy street corner. Give it a shot if you would relish the idea of Feist or Animal Collective having a campout underneath the Brooklyn Bridge with the members of ESG or Cybotron.
Got that?
White Winter Hymnal (Black Dominoes remix) – Fleet Foxes
Name: Heather Browne
I wasn’t sure how this song was going to sound. I mean a remix of a folk rock song? But, it’s good stuff. Their EP and LP are the shiz.
Bona Fide Darling — June 13, 2008 @ 3:19 pm
Not a bad remix. I agree with bona fide, both their EP and LP are awesome. Definite texture to their music.
Dave — June 15, 2008 @ 8:09 pm