Helicon and AL LOVER announce Arise Remixes, out February 5th, 2027 via Fuzz Club, with It Won’t Stop (Mogwai Remix) offering the first preview. Reworked by Mogwai’s Barry Burns, the track pulls familiar material into a newly altered form while preserving the collaborative spirit at the heart of the original album.
The vinyl edition also features remixes by Chris Geddes of Belle & Sebastian, Alex Maas of The Black Angels, Mark Gardener of Ride, Man of Moon, The Janitors and D-Ross. An expanded digital release adds contributions from Acid Rooster, Tremours, Declan Welsh and AL LOVER, alongside the new Helicon x AL LOVER track Bring You Round.
“You know your songs inside out, then someone makes you hear it differently,” Helicon say. “It’s amazing and has already begun to shape how we are thinking about our next record.”
“Since the HELICON X AL LOVER connection started with a remix, it’s only natural to have this collaborative project head in that direction,” AL LOVER states. “I see remix culture as folk tradition through the lens of technology. It’s all meat on the same bone and I’m glad to have had this project be part of that lineage.”
Speaking about the new single, Helicon’s John-Paul Hughes says: “We’ve never made any secret of our respect and admiration for Mogwai, so to have Barry work on this remix is really cool. He’s come at a pretty dark song about being alone with your own head at night from a completely different angle and found a whole new level of unsettling tension. In a good way, if that’s your thing. Because it’s definitely ours.”
Barry Burns adds: “I’m dead happy with how this remix turned out, and I can’t believe they made a cracking video for it AND gave me whisky. MATES4LYF”
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