Radiohead - Jamie xx and SBTRKT remixes (XL, 2011)

More great remixes from Radiohead's 'TKOL RMX' project.

Following on from yesterday's archive Radiohead post - 'No Surprises' live acoustically from 2007 - today brings us bang up-to-date with some more remixes of tracks from 'The King Of Limbs'.

Jamie xx spins 'Bloom' into a spacious, angelic vignette.

Anstam's remix of 'Separator' is a clattering, dark synthed late night car ride, bordering on dubstep before breaking down into a clattering piece of broken beat-ery in the style of classic Warp like Autechre and Plaid.

SBTRKT's remix of 'Lotus Flower' opens with a twinkly riff before being consumed with slow, simple beats, Thom Yorke's vocals cocooned deep within. It bursts into some propulsive beats, getting a real groove on, conjuring images of Thom Yorke busting some frenetic moves like in that 'Lotus Flower' video.

There's also a live Radiohead DJ set streaming from The Boiler Room "around 8pm UK time" according to the official Radiohead website. Expect the Four Tet/Burial/Thom Yorke tracks to be in the mix.

Tortoise 'Taut & Tame (Luke Vibert Remix)' (Thrill Jockey, 1998)

Intriguing battle between languid postrocking and rubbery drum and bass. Music is the winner.

Tortoise's poised, evolving postrock of 'The Taut And The Tame' is teased into a laid back piece of jazz and bass by former Mo'Wax face Luke Vibert.

It opens with frantic, pattering drums that set a pace that the bass completely undermines. It's slow, thoughtful and very spare, allowing trademark vibes to enter and resonate before Vibert brings the beat back. This time it's a trademark, mid-paced, piece of big-box-little-box-bubblecar-fish drum'n'bass rhythmic delight. And we're steppin' like it's 1999.

Originally released on 12", it was collected onto the 'Remixed' album but both are now out of print.

Download Tortoise 'Taut & Tame (Luke Vibert Remix)' (postrock, drum and bass mp3 download) (Mediafire)

Radiohead vs Four Tet 'Separator' (XL, 2011)

Radiohead remixes series - including Four Tet's mix of 'Separator' - to come out on CD.

At Ease reports that Radiohead are to release the current 12"-only remixes on CD later in the year as 'TKOL RMX'.

It'll be a double CD featuring a second disc of previously unreleased mixes, including versions by the mighty SBTRKT and Jamie xx.

It's released in the UK on October 10th and the USA on October 11th. Check-out Four Tet's version of 'Separator' while you're waiting...

Disc 1 Tracklist:
01. Caribou 'Little By Little'
02. Jacques Greene 'Lotus Flower'
03. Nathan Fake 'Morning Mr Magpie'
04. Harmonic 313 'Bloom'
05. Mark Pritchard 'Bloom'
06. Lone 'Feral'
07. Pearson Sound 'Morning Mr Magpie Scavenger'
08. Four Tet 'Separator'

Disc 2 Tracklist:
01. Thriller 'Give Up The Ghost Houseghost'
02. Illum Sphere 'Codex'
03. Shed 'Little By Little'
04. Brokenchord 'Give Up The Ghost'
05. Altrice 'TKOL'
06. Blawan 'Bloom'
07. Modeselektor 'Good Evening Mrs Magpie'
08. Objekt 'Bloom'
09. Jamie xx 'Bloom Rework
10. Anstam 'Separator'
11. SBTRKT 'Lotus Flower'

Separator - Four Tet RMX by Radiohead