Love Like a Sunset – Animal Collective Remixes Phoenix
Richie Adomako / October 02, 2009
Without a doubt, Phoenix has had a great year. With “Lisztomania” and “1901,” Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix certainly rose to the surface to a nice welcome. The group continues to work, updating fans along the way via an online diary – where they open-up their tracks for fans to make and contribute remixes. If you missed Phoenix at Central Park, you’ve missed them for the remainder of the year in the U.S. as they continue their tour in France, their origin.
A Phoenix association to Animal Collective doesn’t come as a surprise. It is typically the camaraderie between artists that unleashes works of astonishment, as in this case. “Love Like a Sunset” is a pleasant track and the remix is refreshing. Animal Collective (from Baltimore, Maryland) accentuates the very essence of musical surprises – as there are many ways to appreciate a song from connotations of how it is heard, delivered, and in form (whether by a mix, at a show, etc.). Animal Collective creates transgressive music – transforming music from the essence of words and melody to a play on associations and sounds. They explore on an openness with their music, while putting down walls and letting the sound of their music radiate.
Phoenix is set to release a digital remix album titled Wolfgang Amadeus, on October 20th. The album will feature mixes from YACHT, Passion Pit, Friendly Fires, Alex Metric, Chairlift, Animal Collective’s “Love Like a Sunset” and others. Check out the track below and click through for kind words from Deakin of Animal Collective about the remix.
Phoenix – “Love Like a Sunset” (Animal Collective Remix) from Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (Remix Collection)
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Kind words from Deakin of Animal Collective:
“This spring i was in Panama with Brian. We were cramped into a van on a bumpy, winding central american road going a little too fast. Feeling a little edgy, I put on my headphones and listened to United and Alphabetical back to back. I watched passing fruit stands, a sweet central american dusk and memories of the massive schools of jelly fish, snapper, and trevally; the few dolphin and even the few bluefin tuna (too few) that brian and i had just had the joy of diving with the blend of all of these things put me at ease. Phoenix has been a staple for all four of us since Dave and Noah brought home United from the record store they used to work at. One of the records that would get us through some of those long cross country tour drives, we’ve listened to phoenix’s jams many many times. We were all totally psyched to get asked to do this and it was super fun to work on it. All the best to those dudes” -source: wearephoenix
The best indeed, because, “those dudes,” Phoenix, definitely know how to rock. They gave us a summer of Liszt.
