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Live Review: LISTEN: CHVRCHES 'Gun' (Groundislava Remix)

25 June 2013 | 10:06 pm | Antigone Anagnostellis

Groundislava sounds like an act from the depths of Eastern Europe but producer Jasper Patterson actually reins from Venice, California

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GROUNDISLAVA sounds like an act from the depths of Eastern Europe but producer Jasper Patterson actually reins from Venice, California. Suitably, his usual scope of remixes cover the top hits from the US (Katy Perry, ‘Clique’) but for this track he has stayed fairly true to the original melody.

He ramps up the energy so what sounded pop becomes choppy and the vocals are pitched-down to spotlight the beats. The sing-a-long factor is still there but this is the night time version, filled in with perceptive builds and drops. At some points in the break it almost seems to verge into Euro-trance, delving into the hypnotic rather than mechanic.

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We’ve been keeping an eye on CHVRCHES for a while (who earlier appeared on our list of “Artists to Watch in 2013”) and their well-constructed pop tunes. ‘Gun’ is especially catchy, happy-go-lucky and laced with high electronic hooks.

Go ahead and stream below and dream up your summer Ibiza rave while you’re there.

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