Remixes is a 28 minute Wooden Shjips 12” EP featuring exclusive retouches from the celebrated Andy Weatherall and Sonic Boom (aka Pete Kember of Spacemen 3) along with a hands-across-the-water collabo involving Kandodo (which is really Simon Price of The Heads). The limited-edition release pressed on clear vinyl with fancy black streaks is available now directly from Thrill Jockey or wherever dubby psych remixes are sold.
Andrew Weatherall, long time producer and remixer – who has worked with Primal Scream, New Order, My Bloody Valentine, and Bjork among others – remixed "Crossing" while Sonic Boom of Spacemen 3 fame contributed "Wiking Stew (aka Red Krayola-ing)". When Pete was called in to help master the Wooden Shjips' West, he was so inspired that he made a mash-up on his own. The final track is the Wooden Shjips' sad farewell to the North American polar bear "Ursus Maritimus (Last Bear's Lament)", a long distance collaboration with Simon Price. Shjips guitarist Ripley Johnson (who also plays in Moon Duo with Sanae Yamada) created the bed of the track in Colorado in between tours and sent if off to Simon, in London where he added all the additional instrumentation at his home studio.
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