Bleep

The enigmatic producer Brainwaltzera, who has released records at a rate of knots since debuting in 2016, takes a moment to survey their accomplishments. On this new remix EP we find five Brainwaltzera favourites from down the years reworked by a selection of the most vaunted names in the scene.

Some of the producers go toe-to-toe with Brainwaltzera’s zany, urgent originals. Recent Whities producer JASSS’ version of ‘Ten Ton Fenix’ matches the Outdives EP jam for intensity, swelling from a frosty opening of distant synth pads and whip-crack drums into a breakbeat IDM jam that holds euphoria in one hand and introspection in the other. Of similar hue and heft is the ΠΕΡΑ ΣΤΑ ΟΡΗ flip of ‘Dropp On Gminor’.

Things stretch out a little as Brainwaltzera Remixed progresses. D’arcangelo spins out The Kids Are AI jam ‘Maramu’ into a track which, in its balance of squiggly acid tones and skippy drum breaks, resembles the most lighthearted sections of Squarepusher’s recent output. 96 Back’s take on ‘Nessova’ is not dissimilar, although there is a bit more of a seasick flavour to this joint. And Brainwaltzera Remixed closes out with its most cautious track - Solid Blake’s steady, eerie remix of ‘Mixolydian Transition 18’, a centrepiece from Brainwaltzera’s Poly-Ana LP.

Brainwaltzera Remixed finds each contributing artist building from the chaotic energy of the enchanting source material.