Verve Data has relaunched its Verve Remixed collection after 12 years.
Verve Remixed: The Hits gathers 20 traditional tracks from the collection’ catalog, together with songs from Nina Simone, Billie Vacation, Dizzy Gillespie, and Astrud Gilberto. Remixes come from the likes of Diplo, Toro Y Moi, Masters At Work, Felix Da Housecat, Bassnectar, Postal Service, Jaffa and Gotan. The album additionally closes with an all-new remix, a reimagining of Billie Vacation’s “You Go To My Head” by Henry Inexperienced. The melancholic producer and singer-songwriter Inexperienced has collaborated all through his profession with artists like Kygo, Christian Loffler, and extra. He’s additionally completed loads of remixes, however none fairly so high-profile as this one that includes the enduring Vacation. His tackle the tune is heat and enveloping, mirroring the tune’s love-struck lyrics.
The Verve Remixed collection debuted again in 2002, inviting prime DJs and producers to decide on songs they’d prefer to remix from Verve’s vaults, exposing youthful generations of listeners to traditional jazz and blues music in a brand new method. Verve, which launched as a label in 1956, has labored with the likes of Louis Armstrong, Roy Ayers, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Jon Batiste, and extra.
The brand new hits compilation is technically the eighth installment within the Verve Remixed catalog. Previous editions have featured remixes from the likes of Moodymann, DJ Premier, Flume, The Orb, Mr. Scruff and extra. Every remix album got here paired with a companion document, Verve Unmixed, which contained all of the featured songs of their unique kind.
Take heed to Verve Remixed: The Hits now.
