I got the opportunity to remix my favourite song from Au Revoir Simone’s beautiful album Still Night, Still Light. While listening to the song I realised how nice it’d be to transform their straight 4/4 time synthpop into a whirlwind waltz or maybe a barcarole if you will. It took a long time to chop up all the syllables and the tiny tiny samples, but I think the result got the song into a whole swirling new direction.
While making the remix, my mind started working in 3/4 and 6/8 time. I started looking around for tracks in that time signature to make a mix, I wasn’t intending to but I couldn’t help it. It was all a big swirl. After a while I heard it everywhere. In soul ballads, in polyrhythmical african pop, in old movies. In the ocean waves tumbling in against the shore, in the beat of a lovers heart. One two three, one two three..
Jens Lekman on this mix entitled “A Summer in 3/4 Time.”
This mix deserves a sweltering night, but it looks like it will be a week before Seattle gives us anything resembling heat. For tonight at least, the mix’s longing can serve a yearning for real summer weather.
Edit: Jens also has a new single out entitled “The End of the World is Bigger Than Love” that you can download if you’re willing to hand over your email address.
