Written by Joshua Angrave    Tuesday, 24 January 2012 16:17   
The Rapture: Sail Away EP DFA
Music

Track opener off In The Grace of Your Love gets a further outing on this new DFA release, coming in with no less than three stomping great remixes, by three names who need no introduction. Brimming with instrumentals and power driven vocals, this was always one for the taking for the electro disco producer.

All at a classic disco feel of 7-8 minutes long, Vito Aeroplane sets the EP off, adding to the builds of the original with a driving electro remix that befits the assailing sound of The Rapture. Swapping the clean piano melody for Italo inspired keys and power driven synths, makes this one guaranteed for the club floors.

If Aeroplane sets you off well on course with his “Sail Away”, then what follows by Cosmic Kids is an ode to that lost journey back, with their stripped down disco house, ‘Lost at Sea Remix’. Filtered echoes and a funky bass slow it right down, turning a dab of sax into a seductive foghorn calling out from afar.

Cut Copy mark their distinct print on the final remix of the EP, speeding it back up and delivering a soaring crescendo of twinkling synths, whilst making interesting work of the vocals, chopping up the less distinct end chorus of, “Stay, gonna stay with you on an ice-covered hill, and don’t ever look back”, giving the song an all new distinct form.

Although not quite delivering the same punch of emotion as “How Deep Is Your Love”, this should by no means be brushed aside, and is a good reminder if anything on how explorative The Rapture were on said last album, which otherwise might have been forgotten going into the new year, with much of its absence in opinion makers top 2011 polls.