HEATHERED PEARLSHeathered Pearls released Loyal last year and it became one of the standout ambient albums of 2012. Now, Jakub Alexander, the man behind the project, is releasing a remixed version of the LP titled Loyal Reworks. The album will be released on Ghostly International September 10th and features mixes by Loscil, Teen Daze, Lawrence, Solar Year, and more. You can check out some of the tracks right now. Fader premiered Sun Glitters’ remix of “Beach Shelters,” noting the new mix adds a “bit of mystery swag in the form of a pitched-up vocal sample and a grainy, skeletal beat.”
Click Here to Hear Sun Glitters Remixing Heathered Pearls
Brooklyn Vegan premiered the remix of “The Worship Bell” by the Toronto-native-turned-Brooklyn-resident, Foxes in Fiction.
Click Here to Hear Foxes in Fiction Remixing Heathered Pearls
Heathered Pearls is on tour right now with labelmates Beacon and Shigeto, dates can be found below.
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“Heathered Pearls’ 2012 album Loyal was “… the perfect winter soundtrack… layering soft synthesizers, indistinct loops, and hazy who-knows-what …” according to SPIN. It’s a record based around recreating the soothing qualities of the ocean at night as an immersive listening experience. The album has a quiet, organic beauty that’s as much a celebration of melody as it is of atmosphere, and both those qualities are explored further in this suite of remixes.
Loyal Reworks contains 14 remixes of the tracks onLoyal, bringing together producers as diverse as Toronto-born musician Foxes in Fiction and Detroit techno doyen Terrence Dixon. Some of the reinterpretations are subtle reworkings of the original tracks — Foxes in Fiction’s opening remix of “The Worship Bell,” for instance, which adds an understated beat while otherwise retaining the charms of the original track. Sun Glitters’ remix of “Beach Shelter” is reminiscent of Wolfgang Voigt’s Gas records, recreating the song as moody ambient techno. Loscil’s drone-centric interpretation of the same track is, if possible, even more stately and beautiful than the original, a slow-building wash of sound that feels like walking along an endless, empty beach on a winter’s day.
Others deconstruct the tracks entirely, reshaping them into fascinating new forms — in particular, the two remixes of “Raising Our Ashes,” which both retains the soft warmth of the original but recreate it for the dancefloor. Lawrence’s remix is minimal house par excellence, while Terrence Dixon’s remix takes a loop from Alexander’s track and layering it over an intricate, liquid beat. Elsewhere, Teen Daze reinvent “Steady Veil” as quietly moody electronica and Nitemoves’ take on “The Worship Bell” is an elegant piece of late night dancefloor action.
As a whole, Loyal Reworks functions beautifully as an alternate exploration of an album whose depths continue to reveal themselves, just like the ocean on which it’s based.
Tour Dates /
09.03.13 – Pittsburgh, PA – Brillobox*
09.04.13 – Washington, DC – U Street Music Hall*
09.05.13 – Asheville, NC – Asheville Music Hall*
09.06.13 – Knoxville, TN – NV*
09.07.13 – Lexington, KY – Cosmic Charlie’s*
09.08.13 – Louisville, KY – Zanzabar*
09.10.13 – Lakewood, OH – Mahall’s*
09.11.13 – Rochester, NY – Bug Jar*
09.12.13 – Montreal, QC – Le Belmont*
09.13.13 – Toronto, ON – The Garrison*
09.14.13 – Rochester Hills, MI – Laneway Festival*%* w/ Shigeto, Beacon
% w/ ADULT., Matthew Dear
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