Drawing inspiration from My Brightest Diamond's many references to the heavens, Alfred Brown developed a narrative to guide the composition process of his remixes. The stunning result is a cinematic and textural avant-classical deconstruction of
A Thousand Shark's Teeth. Instead of a straight ahead approach to remixing a single song, Alfred combined parts from different songs, juxtaposing new elements to give the preexisting material new meaning. The guiding narrative is about an astronaut stranded outside of his ship while working in Low Earth Orbit. As he descends toward earth he is completely cut off from
all communication with Earth and finds himself totally alone. During this time of complete isolation he thinks about his loved ones back on Earth, about his life, about God, and about dying. The remixes narrate, through words and music, these contemplations being sent out across the universe; and the echoes that come back.
I.
1. Overture
2. A Thousand Stars Against a Dark Sky
3. In Vacuum
4. black!Black!BLACK!
II.
5. Of Fear and Wonder (I Found a Universe)
6. I'm Never Letting Go (Stars at Elbow and Foot)
7. The Lonliest Man In History (Looking Down from the Top of the World)
8. You Are Now Untouchable (Esto Perpetue)
The second of these EPs is by Son Lux. With this graceful Dr. Frankenstein approach to the My Brightest Diamond material, Son Lux has created four very distinct remixes, ranging from the old-school electro mashed with New Orleans
horn funk treatment of "Apples," elegiac ambient strings overtop minimalist post-rock drumming on "The Diamond," break driven cutup rocker of the anthem "Inside A Boy," to the lowrider chamber piano chopped "To Pluto's Moon." The adventurous stylistic range of each remix is a reflection of the EP as a whole; it is at once many things with Shara Worden's original vocals as the cords holding them all in perfect tension.
1. Apples
2. The Diamond
3. Inside A Boy
4. To Pluto's Moon
These 4 EPs will be released as a hard copy collection later this spring. In the meantime you may purchase the songs on
Itunes or read more at
www.mybrightestdiamond.com