Listen to Actress‘ sprawling “Primitive Pattern” remix of Panda Bear‘s new single “Surfer’s Hymn,” out soon on Kompakt. The title says it all on this one, and the skittering, tribal dance floor re-work — the label says it falls somewhere “between DJ KOZE and VILLALOBOS” — certainly doesn’t give anything away for those that haven’t heard the original:
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I like Actress’s brand of matter-of-fact repetitiveness, where tracks can sound more like rhythmic sound installations than actual songs. That said, this is about as close to a traditional song as I’ve heard from him. A small shame Splazsh didn’t end up on your best of 2010 list. To each his own.