The Big Pink are the surprise choice to mastermind the latest instalment of !K7's mix series 'Tapes'.
The Big Pink have their origins in the noise scene, with the duo both previously boasting stints with Alec Empire. Releasing their debut album last year, the band mixed outright noise with a classic rock template.
Now the London duo are set to enter the dance world. The Big Pink's Milo Cordell has hooked up with seminal label !K7 to take control of the latest instalment in their celebrated mix series 'Tapes'.
The resulting mix takes in underground American rock, dubstep and more with Milo Cordell treating the album as a mixtape to a friend. “Doing this mix was a complete pleasure because I grew up recording mixes for myself and friends,” says Cordell.
“My goal has always been the same,” he explains. “To make something that transports you somewhere completely different.”
The overwhelming theme on the new mix is underground American rock. Struggling for a genre name, bloggers have alternatively labelled the scene 'witch house' or 'hypnagogic pop'. A dreamy aesthetic is a must, Cordell explains.
“Yeah, there’s definitely that dreamy quality, like 4AD dream pop,” says Cordell. “I guess because it’s made in people’s bedrooms, maybe people’s computers are acting as some kind of dream catcher.”
"Someone asked me to describe what Salem sounded like and I said, Its the sound of America slowly dying," continues Cordell. "I think that goes for most of the drag sound. You can hear old rusty Model T Fords, The Depression, the eradication of the Red Indian, Columbine, teen suicide, Supersize Me, oil spills and date rape all rolled into one sound."
The Big Pink star chose 'Mumbai' by oOoOo as his personal favourite from the mix. “I think it sums up the whole mix really well. It’s beautifully eerie. It’s that thing where music takes you somewhere else."
"This track does that instantly. Straight away you’re in another world. I make music myself and I just love the way these bedroom producers have come up with these sounds. He really has created his own sound and vibe.”
Milo Cordell's 'Tapes' mix is due to be released on October 18th. Tracklisting:
1. GR†LLGR†LL - Slow Dancing
2. Love Distance - Move On The Rain
3. Gang Gang Dance - Ego War
4. Joker - Snake Eater
5. Active Child - Body Heat (So Far Away)
6. Henny Moan - Vreg Dreams (Little Slow Mix)
7. Sewn Leather - Smoke Ov The Pvnk
8. Balam Acab - See Birds
9. yusuf b - kiss the nite
10. ZVA - Nothing
11. No Bra - Minger (These New Puritans Remix)
12. jj - Let Go
13. Salem - Dirt
14. Light Asylum - Shallow Tears
15. The Big Pink - Velvet (BDG Remix By Gang Gang Dance)
16. Actress - Hubble
17. oOoOO - Mumbai
18. The xx - Fantasy
19. Horse Macgyver - Tetanus Wine