Yung Lean
“Gatorade” (Lido Remix)
Disclosure
“Latch” (Lido Remix)
Last week, I went to see Cashmere Cat and Trippy Turtle at the Music Hall of Williamsburg, and while Cash Cat is always a great show, I was completely floored by the still-anonymous opening act. While Trippy Turtle is best-known for his ravenous Jersey Club remixes, it was these two remixes from Norweigan producer, Lido (who is possibly one of Trippy Turtle’s pseudonyms, it’s complicated), that really brought the house down.
He opened with the stunning Yung Lean remix, that prompted a rapturous singalong from the sold-out crowd. The pitch-shifting in the second half turns the original’s low-key vocals into a melodramatic, diva-licious powder keg. It was possibly the most fun 3 minutes I’ve had a show this year.
Trippy Turtle then proceeded to melt everyone’s faces with the devastating Disclosure remix. The world needs another remix of “Latch” like it needs another Russian Olympics, but this previously-unheard take blows all the others out of the water. Like “Lemonade,” Lido’s take ratchets up the drama, adding big-band stabs and rapid-fire high-hats to the original’s unescapable chorus. It’s tough to make the 6th best song of last year better, but somehow the young Norwegian does here. Easily two of my favorite remixes of the year.
“Lemonade”
“Latch”
