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Live Review: WATCH: Portugal. The Man 'Modern Jesus' (Mike D Remix)

5 November 2013 | 4:05 pm | Lauren Payne

One of the legendary Beastie Boys, Mike D, has remixed Portugal. The Man's latest single and has been morphed into an evil friend.

Who would have thought that Mike D of THE BEASTIE BOYS fame, would be the next in line to remix the wonderful Alaskan group PORTUGAL. THE MAN? Lately we've seen ALT-J remix the band with a wonderful accompanying video that included them being turned into one of the band's now iconic evil friends.

Every adaptation that PORTUGAL. THE MAN have been sent, the band have a made an accompanying video with the person who produced the remix, being morphed into and evil friend. The continuity of remix video has almost turned into a series which would be fantastic to put on display in a gallery. Each artwork looks fantastic and if you watch the video for Mike D's remix, then you'll see what I mean.

The remix is of PORTUGAL. THE MAN's more dramatic track 'Modern Jesus' which originally has a lot of emotions floating around it. Mike D has added a bit of a more fast-paced beat which has actually worked quite well and makes the track run really smoothly.

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Mike D stays true to the original with it's echoing "do's" still playing through the track, but with a heavy beat pushing on behind it. The remix sounds slightly more industrial with the chorus being sped up quite a lot with an abundance of synths buzzing on behind it. Mike D has turned 'Modern Jesus' into a pretty decent remix.

Words by Lauren Payne

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