From The Horizon Remixed

A 4 track leftfield/idm ep (18m 48s) — released October 29th 2012 on Civil Music

On 'From the Horizon Remixed' remixers LV, Mwëslee, Kelpe and Fulgeance each revise their favourite tracks from Debruit's Afro-beat surrealist album 'From The Horizon'.

'From The Horizon' splices the musical roots and subsequent evolutionary patterns of Benin, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria and beyond. Driven by adventure, ideological principle and packed with intrigue, authenticity and tribute the album received critical acclaim from Q, Resident Advisor, Dazed & Confused, Quietus, XLR8R, The Wire and beyond. Debruit's genre swerving combinations of instrumentation and style fuse West African musical expression with those of his own - From tribal beginnings through to 70's highlife and psychedelic afro funk - the album incorporates rather than emulates to create sounds new, unheard and above all fun. Never does the albums depth displace its energy, groove or feel - and on 'From the Horizon Remixed' Debruit chose artists/remixers that continue to reward the listener with effortless enjoyment on many levels.

Visionary prog-hop escapades open the proceedings, Spanish beat scientist Mwëslee (All City / Kindred Spirits / Rush Hour) chose to revise the haunting synth-scape of 'Ouest Wind's Seagulls'. His ultra-slick synth-boogie abstraction is one for the heads. Club heavy hip-hop that fans of Rustie or Dorian Concept should jump on. Neck-snapping, bass-driven sound design, wild leads, supremely executed melodic awareness and marching glitching snare workouts make this something special.

London trio LV are no strangers to African influences, their recently released album Sebenza (on the excellent Hyperdub label) draws on the South African strains of house and Kwaito (and boasts collaborations with South African artists Okmalumkoolkat, Ruffest and Spoek Mathambo.) Their remix for Debruit sees their focus shift to Ghana and the rapid Highlife infused spine funk of 'Ata'. One of the albums more sonically flamboyant party starters - they keep all the fun but dose up on disarming dancefloor danger, injecting a bouncing low end footwork rhythm before dropping frantic Afro-infused drum & bass breakbeat heat before breaking down with throbbing interpretations of Debruit's trademark scything synths.

Downtempo maestro Kelpe (DC Recordings / Svetlana / Black Acre) injects album opener 'Cri' with heavy thump and vintage-sounding hip-hop groove. Rich, melodic and with added authentic dusty crackle this is head-nodding, disco-flecked, downbeat inventiveness. Working the vocal samples and deftly positioning clattering drum edits with the exotic synths of the original drives the beat and keeps things endearingly freaky and fun.

Fellow frenchman and Musique Large compatriot Fulgeance (All City / One Handed Music / Musique Large) chose the rhythmic gymnastics of 'Zef'. Diving headlong into a kaleidoscopic array of synth arrangements, tumbling leads and crisp handclaps are blended with careering funk and evocative, retro-futurist electronics. His is a faultlessly executed display of multicoloured beatcraft and woozy discoid melodics that exquisitely closes the package.

'From the Horizon Remixed' is released October 29th 2012 on Civil Music on 12" Vinyl and Download and features artwork from constant collaborator Rainbowmonkey, which builds on the surrealist ethos, developing the theme of the album art, further abstracting Rene Magritte's "The False Eye'.

Mweslee Remix is such a cool track! 100% support from me on that! - Aeroplane DJ

Kelpe & Fulgeance supply with mixes I'm feeling here, but overall a really diverse package! Thanks guys - Paul Woolford DJ

I really love this release!! The Kelpe remix immediately stands out as a favourite. Merci!! - Axel Boman DJ

amazing remixes, sick as fuck, Mweslee one is incredible! - Kidkanevil DJ

Crazy shit ------ I LOOOVE this LV Remix!!! - Laurent Garnier DJ

Essential Bass Music Release of Oct 2012 - Kmag Kmag

Branko (Buraka Som Sistema) - Branko (Buraka Som Sistema) DJ

sounding great. the lv and mweslee remixes are doing it for me. good stuff! - Ital Tek DJ

again a wicked selection of remixes. Feeling all of them, LV mix is my fav on 1st listen, but all have a real depth, Im into all of them! - Mumdance DJ

YES @LVLVLVLVLVLVLV remix of Debruit is wicked!! Not like anything else right now! - TEED DJ

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