- Night Time sees Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn working together again for the first time in ages. The result is a cover of The xx track of that name, one that was originally slated to appear on a covers album of the Mercury Prize-winning Londoners' debut record (the project was eventually shelved). But while it's catch-your-breath beautiful, exhibiting the same sparse beauty of the original, it's the three dance floor-oriented reworkings of Thorn's own "Swimming" that will most grab the attention of RA readers.
First up, Thorn's long-term producer and crack remixer in his own right, Ewan Pearson, re-edits last year's Visionquest remix of "Swimming" (do two remixes make an unremix?). The result is nine minutes of panoramic, slow-burning, twinkling, downtempo house. Two more "Swimming" reworkings come courtesy of stalwart Sheffield house producer Charles Webster. The remix is an elegant, chugging slice of linear deep house, replete with tick-tock beats and daubs of mournful keys. The airy dub drifts off into a cotton wool world of woozy percussion and minimal snatches of analogue keys, Thorn's vocal now little more than a ghostly hint in places, tumbling to the floor like autumn leaves.
Lista de sequência de músicas 01. Night Time
02. Swimming Swimming (Charles Webster Remix)
03. Swimming (Visionquest Remix, Ewan Pearson Re-Edit)
04. Swimming (Charles Webster Dub)