Co La caught my ear, late last year —right around CMJ time— with his debut LP, Daydream Repeater, a set of slippery cut-and-paste-pop that found ex-Ecstatic Sunshine bro Matthew Papich trading in his guitar for an overworked sampler."Egyptian Peaches" was one of the standouts, and now it's been remixed by Animal Collective wailer Avey Tare. Avey's kinship with the material is obvious; he, too, is fond of squeaky samples and wobbly tape-edits. But, as he tends to when away from the franchise, he plunges deep into the truly strange.
Where the original almost felt dancefloor-friendly in its finely-crafted sound, the "(Cold Oranges Mix)" yanks all the disco and '80s pop overtones and leaves the loose threads hanging. Here, the samples are smashed and warped, and there's a woozy quality to the inconsistent vocal scrawl and the restless contact-mic squelch that gargles away underneath; leaving listeners on unsure footing for six freaky minutes.
Co La, "Egyptian Peaches (Cold Oranges Mix)"
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