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[mp3] Au Revoir Simone - Another Likely Story (Aeroplane remix)

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Brooklyn-based dream pop trio Au Revoir Simone released their third album, Still Night, Still Light, back in May of 2009 but the twelve-track album has recently been commandeered by several masters in the field of remixes (Neon Indian, Aeroplane, Montag, etc.) and cleverly morphed into a whole different beast: Night Light.

The album starts off with Neon Indian’s 80’s beat induced rendition of ‘Another Likely Story’ (one of my personal favorites off Still Night, Still Light). The remix brings a whole different dimension to the original although I feel, as I do for many of these remixes, that the retouched tracks often fail to retain the stern innocence of Au Revoir Simone’s original works. Bass Clef, another remixer who neglected to capture Au Revoir Simone’s unique sound, goes all out “London nightclub” in his eight minute dubstep induced ‘Organized Scenery.’ My favourite remixes are Belgian artist Aeroplane’s energetic, pacy take on ‘Another Likely Story’ and Jensen Sportag’s jazzed up ‘All Or Nothing.’ Overall, the remixed album has its ups and downs, one track you’ll love for it’s renewed vigor and smooth reflected colour, whilst the next might struggle to capture to subtle lo-fi aspects that we’ve all become accustomed to from the female trifecta that is Au Revoir Simone.

Track list (w/ mp3):

1. Another Likely Story [Neon Indian remix]

2. Shadows [Jens Lekman remix]

3. All Or Nothing [Jensen Sportag remix]

4. Knights Of Wands [Dam Mantle remix]

5. Last One, The [Mack Winston dub remix]

6. Trace A Line [Montag remix]

7. Only You Can Make You Happy [Deradoorian remix]

8. Take Me As I Am [Max Cooper remix]

9. Anywhere You Looked [Your Twenties remix]

10. Organized Scenery [Bass Clef remix]

11. We Are Here [Silver Columns remix]

12. Tell Me [Clock Opera remix]

13. Another Likely Story [bonus track/Aeroplane remix]