Blips and Bloops: Two Sweet Remixes

There are two types of remixes that I like - remixes that give a new style to a good track and remixes that give a good beat to a pop track. I recently stumbled across two such remixes that really got me excited. I know I've been posting a lot of remixes lately (kind of the kick I'm on when I'm not listening to albums in order to write reviews) so hopefully you can dig it.

The first remix is of Radiohead's iconic "Idioteque," possibly one of the best songs in that legendary band's oeuvre. Another site that I write for, Pretty Much Amazing, rated it the #2 song of last decade and I have trouble disagreeing with that sentiment (which is good, since I wrote the review). It's just a baller track. Savile takes the track and cuts it up, preserving the echoing synth snares and oscillating pads while otherwise obscuring the song. When the iconic beat comes back in for the final minute of the song, it's tough not to feel something bumping in your chest. The remix is reminiscent of Animal Collective's great remix of Phoenix's "Love Like A Sunset" - a chilled out and stretched new take on an awesome old song.

Where that first remix is a delicious meal, Passion Pit's remix of Katy Perry's "California Gurls" is a salty snack. Like most Passion Pit remixes, the song is overlaid with synths and pops, taking an already high-energy song to an entirely new level. There are some interesting beats and growling samples that nicely transform a pop song into something you can maybe convince your hipster friends to listen to. Passion Pit even manages to turn Snoop Dogg's entirely lackluster verse into something more than a voicemail message, which is admirable. The original tune here is a blip on the pop radar, but Passion Pit's own blips and bloops make into something more mixable. Use it to kick off your next indie dance party.

Radiohead - Idioteque (Savile's Rapture Remix) (YSI) (filesavr)

Katy Perry - California Gurls (Passion Pit Remix) (YSI) (filesavr)