Death and Vanilla - Reimagined by Civilistjävel! (2023)

Shadowy Swedish producer Civilistj​ä​vel! returns with another dubby slow-burner, this time in collaboration with Malmö trio Death & Vanilla. Death & Vanilla's most recent album 'Flicker' was an electrified psych-pop gem, inspired by vintage library music, kosmische and French pop. With ambient dub alchemist Civilistj​ä​vel! in control though, the Stereolab/Broadcast glitter of the original material is puffed away, leaving gaseous traces and airy, stifled breaths. Removing most of the instrumentation from 'Find Another Illusion', vocalist Marleen Nilsson's faint cry of "dust" is left abandoned in a tape-garbled pool of disintegrating loops. He lets more of the song poke through in his version of 'Perpetuum Mobile', focusing on gleaming, library-ready electric piano vamps and echoing vocals that drape over a faint, pulsing kick. But he injects most life into his dub of the same track, reanimating the poppy original with Deepchord synths and a clipped, inverted beat. Ghostly gear - if you enjoyed Civilistj​ä​vel!'s recent collaboration with Cucina Povera, this one's a must.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Death and Vanilla - Find Another Illusion (Civilistjävel! Version) (7:08)
1.02 - Death and Vanilla - Perpetuum Mobile (Civilistjävel! Version) (6:28)
1.03 - Death and Vanilla - Perpetuum Mobile (Civilistjävel! Dub) (8:16)