Go With The Flow

Gang Gang Dance’s remix of “Velvet” by The Big Pink has been doing the rounds in the blogosphere for the past week or so and with good reason. I try not to go too much with the flow on this blog but this is such a remarkable track that I feel it’s apt to bend a few rules.

“Velvet” is crammed with ideas. Usually if someone wedges a lot of different ideas into a track it’s because the ideas are weak so they stuff in lots hoping that this time, just for them, quantity will triumph quality. It rarely does.

This is an exception. Channelling Nordic space-disco, Balearica, Diplo’s globe-trotting crate-digging and Animal Collective’s narcissistic layering of voices and textures, Gang Gang Dance have created a track that perfectly encapsulates the border-breaking musical adventures of the post-pitchfork generation.

mp3 ---> The Big Pink – Velvet (Gang Gang Dance Remix)