The third Fourier Transform release and it feels like the relationship is deepening with each one. My remix of Equinamity by The Vast Profound is out now on Fourier Transform(d) Six and it represents some of the most focused remix work I’ve done.
The Vast Profound is the project of Wil Russell, one of the founders of Fourier Transform itself. There’s something particular about remixing a track by someone who is that deeply embedded in the label’s identity and aesthetic. The stakes feel different. You’re not just responding to a piece of music, you’re in conversation with someone who has thought as hard about what this label is as anyone.
Equinamity in the original is a track with a particular kind of calm authority. The title suggests equilibrium and the music delivers on that suggestion in a way I found compelling: not stasis but balance, not stillness but controlled motion. My remix tries to honour that quality while taking the rhythm somewhere more explicitly Detroit. The groove is more insistent, the machine elements pushed further forward, but the underlying equanimity of the track is still there underneath.
The Fourier Transform(d) series is one of the more interesting compilation formats in the underground right now: a snapshot of where the label and its extended community is at a specific moment, released on a regular basis. Being part of the sixth edition feels like a genuine mark of belonging.
