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Chairlift's "Romeo" gets a re-work from Lorely Rodriguez, aka Empress Of. Listen below + download on iTunes here:

As our lists grow more and more arbitrary, we present our favorite remixes of 2015. Increasingly rare is the remix that adds to and/or outshines the original, becoming its own essential jam in the process, as opposed to just another fleeting and ultimately forgettable PR gimmick. We feel like these accomplished that:

Alan Palomo hooks up with one of his musical heroes, as Neon Indian's "Annie" (one of the best songs of 2015) gets a wavy remix from Martin Rev of legendary electro-punk pioneers Suicide. Listen below, and if you've got an hour to kill, we also highly recommend this insightful conversation between Alan + Martin, where the two talk the history of electronic music, the state of New York Ci

Jamie xx finally drops the remix package for the song of summer 2015, featuring the massive Skepta (which I'm pretty sure Jamie debuted at GvsB V this summer) + Dre Skull remixes, and the "Good Times" instrumental. Grab it here.

Nicolas Jaar's Darkside collaborator Dave Harrington is currently in the midst of his 12 Days of Remixes, in which he's giving away a bunch of awesome remixes/edits for free over on his Soundcloud. Harrington says of the project:

Barcelona's John Talabot drops his sprawling "Loud Places" "higher dub" (not to be confused with his "loud synths reconstruction"), out now on white label 12" from Young Turks:

Here's a version of "Hello" that I can get with. Shout out to Jerome LOL + Samo Sound Boy for this very emotional and cathartic "acid mix" of Adele's hit. Download it for free below:

Autre Ne Veut's Age Of Transparency highlight gets a thumping, disembodied techno remix courtesy of Malory, whose own rad EP is out now on Godmode:

Terrible + Awful crews collide on this one, as our favorite track from Empress Of's excellent new record Me gets an anxious, skittering dark-pop remix from THΔ DΔRKWΔVE DUCHESS herself, Abra:

Clams works his haunting magic on the new single from Wet: