Given my oft-stated dislike of the remix, there can't be anyone more surprised than I when I must report that this EP is an absolute belter.
'White Horse' – straight, unremixed, unreconstituted, raw and unapologetic and as intended - is a blazing, ferocious ball of fire and one of the most striking singles I’ve heard all year. Spiky, archly gothic new wave - Banshees style - collides with grunge and is distilled into a blast of pure acid: 'There is no white horse / you’re a stupid little fucker if you thought there was’, spits Maya in the scrotum-tighteningly sharp chorus. Her tone is enough to make your skin prickle.
The Heretics remix of ‘White Horse’ layers on the synths and melds it all to a disco beat to emphasis the darkwave leanings that are more subtly implied in the original. The three remixed album tracks are all (surprinsingly) sensitively done - by which I mean they're plenty different, but don't strip the edge and anger so integral to the essence of the original versions.
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Shuddering electro basslines snake hither and thither, the percussion on the Baker P. M. Remix of ‘If You Take me Apart’ standing as a terrifying, shuddering racket, while the Drum Cunt remix of ‘God I Love You’ may collapse the lyrics into looped meaningless, but the heavy dubstep treatment is every bit as disturbing as the original, but in a different – and somewhat deranged and disorientating – way. Cracking.
Cold in Berlin Online
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