Squid have remixed fellow Warp signees Darkstar’s track ‘Text’.
The group, who signed to Warp Records in March of this year, have given Darkstar’s track a sparse, entirely beatless makeover, submerging the original cut’s vocals amongst drone-like ambient synths. ‘Text’ originally featured on Darkstar’s latest album, Civic Jams, which came out earlier this year. You can hear the remix above.
"We were fired up when Darkstar asked if we wanted to do a remix of their track, our tour had been cancelled and we’d just gone into lockdown so the idea of playing around with stems all day inside felt like the best use of time," Squid say. "The five of us had gone from being together to being suddenly spread out around the UK so we devised a way to send these ideas around and pass them on, kind of like a game of consequences. The result was a collage made using any instruments and tools that we each had available to us."
Squid’s remix of ‘Text’ is out now on Warp Records.
