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Sunday, September 09, 2007
Hunting For Witches (Ruckus Roboticus Remix)
Here's a brand new remix of 'Hunting For Witches', courtesy of Pitchfork's Forkcast...
Pitchfork: "Ohio-based DJ and producer Ruckus Roboticus gives the song a stomping bass beat, and puts a more Halloween-ready twist on the song's witches via eerie synths and croaking horns. It's a busy remix, still squeezing in some agonized guitars and Kele Okereke's sardonic lyrics alongside cleverly selected spoken-word snippets. "We live no longer in the dusky afternoon," comes an English-accented voice reciting a line from Arthur Miller's 1953 play about the Salem witch trials, 'The Crucible'. The play's political resonance when it appeared during the era of McCarthyism dovetails nicely with the Bloc Party song's implicit criticisms of the War on Terror. "Kill your middle-class indecision," Okereke exhorts, a perfect demagogue."
Erm...yeah, what they said. Demagogue or not, this is definitely one of the stronger remixes of any of the 'A Weekend In The City' tracks!
[Download] Hunting For Witches (Ruckus Roboticus Remix) [mirror]
Here's a brand new remix of 'Hunting For Witches', courtesy of Pitchfork's Forkcast...
Pitchfork: "Ohio-based DJ and producer Ruckus Roboticus gives the song a stomping bass beat, and puts a more Halloween-ready twist on the song's witches via eerie synths and croaking horns. It's a busy remix, still squeezing in some agonized guitars and Kele Okereke's sardonic lyrics alongside cleverly selected spoken-word snippets. "We live no longer in the dusky afternoon," comes an English-accented voice reciting a line from Arthur Miller's 1953 play about the Salem witch trials, 'The Crucible'. The play's political resonance when it appeared during the era of McCarthyism dovetails nicely with the Bloc Party song's implicit criticisms of the War on Terror. "Kill your middle-class indecision," Okereke exhorts, a perfect demagogue."
Erm...yeah, what they said. Demagogue or not, this is definitely one of the stronger remixes of any of the 'A Weekend In The City' tracks!
[Download] Hunting For Witches (Ruckus Roboticus Remix) [mirror]
Labels: Remixes
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