spring tides

Hostile Takeover (Hot Chip Mix)

Spring Tides is a band fronted by a Ghanian singer, offering up a brilliant representation of world music that takes in a myriad stylistic influences ranging from Tortoise doing funk through to a little Krautrock thrown in for good measure. There's no denying the oddness of these tracks, and the percussion really stands out above everything else, adding a confident backbone to the mix that's curiously addictive. Hot Chip turn in one of their typically jaunty remixes on the flipside, and in contrast to the rest of the EP it's something of a folky number that works a treat. Interesting stuff, and another curveball from the ever-inspiring Blank Tapes crew.