Description
Goat has long been mapping the shape of fuzzed 70s sounds culled from far-flung corners of the world, splicing tape-market aesthetics and poly-rhythmic pounce to a deep bench of Swedish psychedelics. This clash of ideas fully came to a head with Februarys release of single Nimerudi, a collaboration track with Kenyan-born, Ugandan-based rapper MC Yallah. Matching the bands lived-in, lysergic production, Yallah brought her nimble, multi-lingual flow, leaning into the bands Nordic wrecking crew with an acumen thats earned her an honor roll of critical praise. Yallah has been building steam since 99, releasing a litany of singles and two albums with Debmaster on acclaimed Nyege Nyege sublabel Hakuna Kulala, and her elastic phrasing is the perfect fit for the bands timeless feel. On its release the track quickly gained the prestigious BBC 6 Music A playlist status, after picking up an unprecedented number of spot plays from many of the stations DJs Gilles Peterson, Mark Radcliffe, Huey Morgan, Iggy Pop, Don Letts etc etc etc everyone couldnt help to fall under the spell of the Goat/Yallah , Rocket Recordings are happy to reveal an EP containing 5 more remixes of the track, following the acid dub of the Salmagundi Remix that accompanied the Nimerudi original release. The first of the five remixes is from Wayne Adams, the London producer who is one half of Goats label mates Petbrick, a duo that pairs Adams with old Sepultura drummer Iggor Cavalera. Waynes dark electronic mix teases out the hazy early hours of post rave urban London rather than the golden warmth of the sun soaked life of Uganda. The second remix sees GNOD continue their seismic sonic palette by stripping out the flesh and bones of the original track like the roughness of tiger tongue wrapping around your infinity machine mind hypnotically grinding as a throbbing electronic sine wave of Cattos remix is track of two worlds the world of the living and the world of the spirit where his burrowing rhythmic intensity summons Cans deeply cosmic afro-krautrock-funk-psych of Ege Bamyasi dappled with its intricate polyrhythms and fuzzy lead guitar signature of Malcolms The Heliocentrics project. And lastly, the Illusive Bristolian producer Claude Cooper brings the whole release burning full circle with his old skool beats, stylized rhythmic chop-around reworking, embellishing the original with his West Country heavy funky breakbeats and scratching turntablism. The Nimerudi Remix EP is released digitally across all streaming platforms on 30 May. There will also be a ltd edition 12 available featuring the original track, plus these four remixes. The 12 will also contain a special bonus Goat track, Seu Sangue which has not been released on vinyl before.
TRACK LISTING
1. Nimerudi
2. Nimerudi (Wayne Adams Remix)
3. Nimerudi (Gnod Remix)
4. Nimerudi (Malcolm Catto / The Heliocentrics Remix)
5. Nimerudi (Claude Cooper Remix)
6. San Sangue (vinyl only bonus track)
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