Ok, so what’s new about this I hear you ask. Well, nothing really, I won’t lie. In the mass hysteria surrounding A Weekend in the City, I’ve gone back and had a listen to Bloc Party’s Silent Alarm. Everyone knows it, and many like it, but if you haven’t heard Silent Alarm Remixed, get it. For every time I listen to the first album, I listen to the remixes somewhere in the region of around 15 times. Some quality efforts from various contributors, but I’m sure you’ll find post after post on this elsewhere. So, I’ll leave you instead with my personal favourite: Four Tet’s incredible reworking of “So here we are.” Fingers crossed this should blow you away – you’ll also find it on the excellent Four Tet Remixes and Remixed, an album equally worth checking out… Well, ok then, here’s a sublime taster of that too – a smashing mix of an Aphex Twin tune from Selected Ambient Works 2, “Saw 2.”
Bloc Party – So Here We Are (Four Tet Remix)
[audio:https://nialler9.com/mp3/Bloc_Party_So_Here_We_Are_(Four_Tet_Remix).mp3]
Aphex Twin – Saw 2 (Four Tet Remix)
[audio:https://nialler9.com/mp3/Aphex_Twin_Saw2_Four_Tet_remix.mp3]
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
I really like these, probably more than the originals. And a LOT more than Weekend in the City, which is very poor.
Goddamnit Bloc Party are my favourite band. Silent Alarm Remixed was a really great album – The way those songs are remixed are absolutely amazing. The Banquet one by Phones is the best off of it.
yep, Banquet’s a good un’ – this modern love mix is quite poppy (some might say cheesy) but it’s fuckin great i reckon!