the field and !!! on pitchfork.tv

So I have this thing about The Field, the Swedish electro musician and sorta-flagship act of Kompakt Records. I absolutely love his album from last year, "From Here We Go Sublime", but I can't ever listen to it before midnight. It's my perpetual soundtrack to all-nighters spent staring at a word processor, or sometimes just my ceiling, because it's so easy to get lost in the repetitive motion of any of his samples. To see what I mean, listen to this, a remix of another up-and-coming electro-Swede, Familjen.

Familjen - "Hög Luft" [The Field Remix]

For comparison, here's the original "Hög Luft" track. It's pretty vastly different--The Field's aesthetic is entirely his own. Granted, there are occasional shades of the sampling style of El Guincho's "Alegranza" or Panda Bear's "Person Pitch", The Field is always decidedly electronic. Here's one of my favorite tracks from his album "From Here We Go Sublime":

The Field - "A Paw In My Face"

Browsing through pitchfork.tv tonight, I ran across this new addition that has The Field laying down one of his trademark endless grooves (itself a remix of a song by fellow Swedes The Honeydrips [Jesus and Mary Chain reference, I guess] according to pitchfork, but it's a Field remix so you'd never be able to tell otherwise) while the boys in !!! lay down some really amazing noise on top of it, all traditional-style and shit. If you're looking for a break from writing a term paper, or are just an insomniac, I'd highly recommend you give this clip some attention.



Here's the link, if you'd prefer to watch it there.

~ evan