For the past couple of months I’ve been pretty crazy for LA beat artist yuk. On his debut album, A D W A, he fuses organic sound collage and intoxicating rhythms in a way that puts his work in a celestial realm. UUU Tapes, an imprint run by Ian Nelson of Friendship Bracelet, is set to release a free EP of remixes of the song “Skin Fox” by Mane Mane. yuk is one of the featured remixers, along with Dem Hunger, Dro Carey, and Gobble Gobble. The original track brings me back to the ’90s R&B that ruled the radio waves when I was an adolescent. It is an honest-to-god booty-shaker. yuk takes the track and puts it on his own wavelength, as any skilled remixer would. While the original track plays like a spacey club anthem, this one sounds like a heavenly chorus of angels singing a Bond theme. Like every track I’ve heard from yuk, this one seamlessly pairs nature and electronics.
Skin Fox (yuk remix)
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Skin Fox (original)
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Words: Samantha Cornwell
Keep your eyes peeled for the free EP, and for Mane Mane’s debut album (Mane2Mane) on UUU Tapes
Hypnotic!