It Won't Stop (Mogwai Remix - Barry Burns) by Helicon

For AL LOVER, remix culture is a technological continuation of folk tradition. Familiar material passed between people, dismantled and rebuilt into something new. Arise Remixes follows that philosophy by giving each contributor complete freedom to select a track and take it somewhere unexpected.

“Since the HELICON X AL LOVER connection started with a remix, it’s only natural to have this collaborative project head in that direction,” AL LOVER says. “I see remix culture as folk tradition through the lens of technology. It’s all meat on the same bone and I’m glad to have had this project be part of that lineage.”

Barry Burns of Mogwai begins the process with his interpretation of It Won’t Stop, the first glimpse of a collection that also brings together members of Belle & Sebastian, The Black Angels and Ride with artists from Scotland, Sweden, Germany and the US. The transformations have already begun influencing how Helicon approach their next record, allowing them to hear songs they know intimately from entirely unfamiliar angles.

Helicon’s John-Paul Hughes mentions: “We’ve never made any secret of our respect and admiration for Mogwai, so to have Barry work on this remix is really cool. He’s come at a pretty dark song about being alone with your own head at night from a completely different angle and found a whole new level of unsettling tension. In a good way, if that’s your thing. Because it’s definitely ours.”

Barry Burns adds: “I’m dead happy with how this remix turned out, and I can’t believe they made a cracking video for it AND gave me whisky. MATES4LYF”

You know your songs inside out, then someone makes you hear it differently,” Helicon say. “It’s amazing and has already begun to shape how we are thinking about our next record.”

Arise Remixes arrives February 5th, 2027 through Fuzz Club.

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