Call this a showcase in the joy of connections. Not just the meeting of Simesky and Fritch, but the thrill of meeting new minds all through music.
Ideas became songs. Those songs became static. They found form in ‘SKALA.02’ and got locked in their shape and position. And then… without warning… they shifted. They took on new life and new meanings. All these are those new variations.
Project P took a song about the loss of a parent, well the loss of any life left at least, and added living’s chaos to the mix. All the anger and fire I had for cruel unpredictables, Project P brought those things to the fore. It’s no remix. The whole thing’s reimagined. It may share the same bones as ‘Til We See You and Then’ but right here it’s an entirely new animal.
United Simesky Institutes, the better half of this duo, toiled and tinkered in secret with the ‘Back and Down Again’ bonus version that hides at the end of the cassette. His love of film scores and his knowledge of orchestral arrangements shifts the song from its synth pop to grandeur. Once again it pays homage to the original, with the guts to stray wayward and wild.
Then enter Broads, who have been frequently featured here, whose uncanny manipulation of sound turns the same track into a hotbed of noise and new urgency. The first half burns slow before a let loose gets lost in a dizzy of mean dust and mess.
These are friends who took the songs as they were in their static and created new worlds in new shapes. More than remixes, these are ReGenerations. And as Simesky+Fritch, we give thanks.
And one more thanks, by no means last or least, to the project that made these songs visual. A Falling Bird took every track and every version and made them into found footage videos. From an encyclopaedic knowledge of film (and Bill Murray), once again all intents were reshaped.
Creativity is Contagious. Right here’s the proof.
Rats on the Run 