Berlin is not only the city where Swayzak's label !K7 is located. This single taken from 'Some Other Country', the fifth studio album by the two Brits James Taylor and David 'Brun' Brown, also clearly bears the stamp of Berlin. The 12' with remixes of 'Smile and Receive' not only features the voice of Cassy, a Berliner by choice, but work by major Berlin artists Apparat and Richard Davis as well.
Swayzak's original version of 'Smile and Receive' combines all elements for which James and Brun are so well known: driving, precisely honed drums that have resounding surfaces over them and a slightly melancholic, androgynous voice dark and luminous, but at the same time clear and direct.
Sascha Ring moved from the Harz to Berlin and shortly thereafter became known under the name Apparat. For Swayzak, the co-founder of Shitkatapult created a spherical, blurry reminder of the original of 'Smile and Receive', which from its transfiguring depths continues to open onto flickering high points.
The second reworking comes from an old friend of Swayzak, London´s Richard Davis who lives in Berlin. He adorns Cassy's vocals with his typical sleek house sound in which an appropriate dash of pop song can be heard, slightly recalling the electro pop of the 80's.
Lastly, singer Cassy also personally worked on 'Smile and Receive'. In her Beatmix, the Berlin sound can definitely be heard. After stops in Vienna and London, the Brit made it to Berlin where she can now be found regularly behind the decks of the Panoramabar Sunday mornings. Those familiar with her clear, straightforward sets will be reminded of many an afterhour at the bar. Recurring fragments of samples of her voice merge with 808 drum sounds, creating a hypnotizing mix.
TRACKINFOS:
TRACK 1: Smile And Receive
ARTIST: Swayzak
REMIXER: Apparat Remix
AUTHOR: David Brown, James Taylor, Cassy Britton
COMPOSER: David Brown, James Taylor, Cassy Britton
PRODUCER: David Brown, James Taylor, Cassy Britton
TRACK 2: Smile and Receive
ARTIST: Swayzak
AUTHOR: David Brown, James Taylor, Cassy Britton
COMPOSER: David Brown, James Taylor, Cassy Britton
PRODUCER: David Brown, James Taylor, Cassy Britton
TRACK 3: Smile and Receive
ARTIST: Swayzak
REMIXER: Richard Davis Rework
AUTHOR: David Brown, James Taylor, Cassy Britton
COMPOSER: David Brown, James Taylor, Cassy Britton
PRODUCER: David Brown, James Taylor, Cassy Britton
TRACK 4: Smile And Receive
ARTIST: Swayzak
REMIXER: Cassy Beatmix
AUTHOR: David Brown, James Taylor, Cassy Britton
COMPOSER: David Brown, James Taylor, Cassy Britton
PRODUCER: David Brown, James Taylor, Cassy Britton
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