Richard Norris and Erol Alkan are Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve who initially started the project as a re-edit turnout for some of the psychedelic rock tracks that have influenced them over the years. Richard, of course, was in The Grid and Erol is the poster boy for the Trash/New Rave scene, so between them doing a project devoted to psychedelic sounds is a bit of a step into the unknown, something which they have done with aplomb. They've re-animated everyone from Badly Drawn Boy to Peter, Bjorn & John to Finlay Brown to every student with a lisp's favourite chanteuse Tracey Thorn in addition to their highly limited and pricey EPs that sell out incredibly quickly when they raise their heads at places like Piccadilly Records.
For this record they've taken Manchester's Simian Mobile Disco's Love and made it palatable for the more discerning dancefloors the world over. The almost tribal-like drumming combined with the driving basslines and the great use of the vocal sample make this an absolute dancefloor bomb that I could see taking the roof off just about everywhere that the freaks come out for their weekly stress relief. A great record that deserves to get more attention than it already has. (Also if you can find the Shackleton remix of Hustler then you're in for a treat, probably the best thing about at the moment in all truth)
Simian Mobile Disco - Love - Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve remix
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