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22 October 2023

London‘s synth-dream-pop FERAL FIVE – Kat and Drew Five – released
their splendid debut LP TRUTH IS THE NEW GOLD last February.

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The titillating title track is now remixed by Martyn Ware, the musical maestro of
veteran synth pop act Heaven 17 formed in 1980 after Ware left The Human League.

Martyn Ware, W-Fest, Belgium, 2016 – photo by Turn Up The Volume

I’m not a great fan of remixes. To my ears, if the original isn’t good,
the remix can’t save it. Also lots of remixes drown the original in
an overdone tangle of exaggerated production.

But (there’s always a but) what Ware did here is quite cool.

He turned the ambient dream-pop tune into an acid-house dancefloor
filler by adding spot-on bleeps, bass vibes and funky guitars. Simple and
subtle, but terrifically effective. And no, we still don’t need that fascist
groove thang.

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