Active Child has received plenty of buzz lately. It is the project of a Philadelphia Boys choirboy turned indie-pop musican Pat Gross so the two elements that come to the fore of his music are choral-singing and ’80s synths.
Here’s a luscious and bubbly synth remix of Wolf Gang’s ‘Back to Back’ by Active Child ( who I can’t stop getting mixed up with Shy Child. Grrr) He’s also made a more in-your-face remix of Steve Mason and has some fine solo material flying around the interwebs at the moment. Sample bits and pieces:
Wolf Gang – ‘Back To Back’ Active Child Remix
Steve Mason – ‘Lost and Found’ Active Child Remix
Active Child – ‘Voice of an Old Friend’
Active Child – ‘Voice Of An Old Friend Summer Camp’ Bedford Falls remix
Buy the ‘She Was A Vision’ single | Pitchfork interview.
Thanks to Living Ears for the SXSW live video.
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 this song “Lost and Found” 🙂 Great peace of music !
Active Child is incredible, When Your Love Is Safe is insanely good, his remix of Lonely Galaxy’s Have A Heart is superb too.