Two labels, two remixes, two very different creative contexts. The Equinamity remix for Fourier Transform last month and now the Graviton remix for Drøn on Touched Music this month. It has been a productive summer.
Drøn are a project whose work I have followed for a while. They operate in a space that combines ambient and IDM influences with a rhythmic sensibility that has genuine weight to it. Graviton is a track that earns its title: there is a gravitational pull to it, a sense of mass and inevitability that I found immediately inspiring when I first listened to the stems.
My remix approaches that gravitational quality from a different angle. Where the original uses atmosphere and texture to create the sense of weight, my version uses rhythm. A faster, heavier groove, elements that lock in and don’t let go, the kind of track that holds a room without demanding anything from it. It is deep music for smart people and I mean that as the highest compliment I know how to pay.
The Touched Music connection continues to grow. Refreshingly Old on Full Spectrum earlier this year was the first step into that world and this remix deepens the relationship. Their roster and their curatorial approach represent exactly the kind of context I want my work to sit in.
