Presumably you’ve not been sleeping on Mano Le Tough’s Permanent Vacation debut album and recent Nialler9 Album of the week Changing Days. Mano’s been off playing in Europe recently. Somehow this remix of Batongo slipped through my net. The original track ‘Aguirre’ is inspired by the Werner Herzog film Aguirre, the Wrath of God, about explorers on a search for El Dorado in South America.
Mano Le Tough’s version goes for an exploratory house feel itself with atmospheric jungle noises, with an increasing urgency leading to some pleasing key notes and some choral-esque synths.
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.
