Gabriel EP Remixes
Joe Goddard

Joe Goddard is surely one of the busiest men in the world of electronic music: writer and producer behind the world-conquering Hot Chip, acclaimed solo artist, travelsome DJ, prolific remixer, one half of the emerging 2 Bears house duo and one of the founding members of the Greco-Roman record label and party collective. So where does he find the time to make an EP of electronica so sweet? In bed, that’s where.

“wide awake and I can hear my heartbeat /
hope it cradles me and rocks my bones to sleep ...”

Fitting, then, that Goddard’s first solo material in 18 months should open with a chorus of angels, before title track ‘Gabriel’ strides confidently into familiar territory of London’s clubland and its rich musical influences; this time Goddard choosing Gospel and House as his parameters to create a bone fide underground radio and club hit which currently sits on the BBC Radio 1 playlist.

Whereas solo album ‘Harvest Festival’ might have erred on the side of electronica and experimentation, the ‘Gabriel’ EP – the first taster of a solo album for next year - punches direct, with the latest addition to the Greco-Roman collective Valentina (who co-wrote ‘Gabriel’) lyrically laying down the gauntlet from the off:

“Gabriel you’ve gone too far and you should hang your head in shame /
for these wounds I cannot pay, you’ve gone too far /
you broke my heart, you’ve gone too far”

Taking us deeper into the night are the four remixes: London veteran Seiji fuses house and garage for a 6 minute roller, DFA’s Juan Maclean delves into his deep house roots with his new Peach Melba project, London duo Compound One pay homage to Gabriel’s UK garage roots with sweet old school 2 step and Hyperdub’s Ossie turns in a decidedly trippy UK Funky hybrid.

No sleep for the wicked, then.


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Release date: 18/09/2011
Format: 12" Vinyl
Genre: Electronic
Catalogue number: GREC022RV