Inkfish turned in one of the outstanding remixes of 2013 with their take on Mehmet Akarโs โDoes This Make Senseโ, and their own track โHuman Devolutionโ on Parquet was one of my absolutely favourites of the year. So I was pretty excited to see them invited to take on both tracks from Jorg Murcusโs โEau De Cazeauxโ EP, one of the highlights of Particles output in 2012.
Inkfish immediately start portioning the bleepy, beautiful melody from โEau De Cazeauxโ over their remix, though it isnโt until the one minute mark that itโs allowed to emerge in all its glory. Itโs joined by ethereal vocal snippets, and attention-grabbing metallic synths that give the remix a similar feel to Inkfishโs version of โDoes This Make Senseโ mentioned above (though theyโre actually lifted more or less straight from Jorg Murcusโs original โ a sign perhaps of what a great choice Inkfish were to take on the track). Drifting countermelodies, a simple bassline, and snapping percussion complete the sound, and with the exception of one short sequence around two-thirds of the way in, thatโs pretty much how the remix stays for its running time. If the melodies werenโt so gorgeous, so damn compelling, this might have led to the track being much too repetitive; fortunately, as it stands itโs utterly blissful.
Inkfishโs remix of B-side โWeltaterโ gives it a more stripped-back, deep-house sounds, working organ stabs over a slinky bassline.ย Things are kept very restrained until the main breakdown, where the retro-sounding synth lead from the original picks up. Itโs a nice version of the track that will work well as a warm-up, though it definitely didnโt grab me the way that โEau De Cazeauxโ did.
โEau De Cazeauzโ is the clear winner here, and it was an inspired move by Particles to bring in Inkfish to update the track and put their own stamp on it. 8/10
