White Lies made a pretty confusing debut this year. They had some excitement-factor about them but it turned out that they are rather a latecomers of an era than pioneers of a new one. This line of UK-indie needs a heavier blood-refreshment than White Lies can provide. This way they are just another clone of the neo-Joy Division movement. Nevermind, they have some ok songs and E.S.T. which was in Gossip Girl is my favourite.

After the amazing Crystal Castles remix of their first hit, Death, now another heavyweight of a totally different scene chose to work on Nothing to Give. Anthony Gonzalez aka M83 reworked it. And believe, it’s pretty damn reworked. I mean he turned the song into something beautiful and injected a huge amount of hard sadness into it. The vocalwork is just breathtaking, the echo and the cut-up combinations of wordparts makes the whole thing apocalyptic and the never-resolved tension builds up. Brilliant. Thanks for the track to Battery in Your Leg.

White Lies - Nothing to Give (M83 remix) [mediafire] // [ysi]

This entry was posted on Friday, June 5th, 2009 at 11:49 am and is filed under remix, white lies, m83.