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Radical Romantics

    Radical Romantics, the first new album in five-plus years from Fever Ray (aka Karin Dreijer) will arrive on 10th March 2023 via Rabid Records/[PIAS]. In the world of Radical Romantics, Fever Ray presents their struggle with love, or to be precise, the myth of love. Following 2017’s Plunge, Radical Romantics speaks to both the heart and the head, the dance floor and the bedroom. Dreijer is one of pop’s true visionaries, and in their hands, crude and familiar clay is twisted into endlessly beautiful and terrible forms that balance strength with vulnerability, anxiety with safety.

    Dreijer first started on Radical Romantics in fall 2019; working in the Stockholm studios built with brother and fellow The Knife member Olof Dreijer after the former completed the last Fever Ray tour in 2018 and the latter returned from living in Berlin. These tracks on Radical Romantics are the first time the siblings have produced and written music together in eight years. Other co-producers and performers include the power duo of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (Nine Inch Nails), Portuguese DJ and producer Nídia, Johannes Berglund, Peder Mannerfelt and Pär Grindvik’s technicolor dance project Aasthma, and experimental artist and producer Vessel. Long-time collaborator, Martin Falck, joins Dreijer in creating the all encompassing visual world of Radical Romantics-era Fever Ray.

    STAFF COMMENTS

    Barry says: Never an artist to sit still for too long, the superb Fever Ray has honed their craft wonderfully since 2017's 'Plunge', resulting in a silky smooth mix of flickering synthpop percussion and sliced arpeggios. A formidable force in modern electronica, and always pushing the boundaries of song structure, there's much to love about Radical Romantics.

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    What They Call Us
    Shiver
    New Utensils
    Kandy
    Even It Out
    Looking For A Ghost
    Carbon Dioxide
    North
    Tapping Fingers
    Bottom Of The Ocean

    Plunge Remix is a new compilation of remixed Fever Ray songs. Fever Ray is the solo project of the Knife’s Karin Dreijer and ‘Plunge’ was the first release in eight years since her celebrated self-titled debut in 2009. Remixers were chosen with the goal of creating music for Fever Ray to dance to. Released over a period of almost two years, the tracks will now sit together for the first time. The A-side opens with the full throttle electro-house of Tami T's remix of "Mustn't Hurry", before Bunny Michael incorporates future proofed R&B and footwork into a fresh mix of "IDK About You", a perfect companion to the psychedelic freakout Faka cooks up on the A3. On the B-side, Karin's bro and Knife companion Olof Dreijer gets slinky with a wonderful organic techno mix of "Wanna Sip", fellow art-synther Glasser conjures an epic space-synth translation of "Falling" while Sissel Wincent merges trance and techno in a huge floor melter to close the side. The intensity continues on the C1 as r&S affiliate Paula Temple slams a Berghain sized wrecking ball through "This Country", before a stepping UK bass styled mix from Aasthma offers a bit of rhythmic variation. Lisbon's usually breakneck DJ Marfox sticks to a relatively stately 130 with a bleeping twist on "Plunge" which manages to sound like a lost UR set from a Portuguese slum, while personal favourite Tzusing closes the package out with a chugging industrial incarnation of "Mustn't Hurry" tailor made for our current dystopia.

    TRACK LISTING

    LP
    1. Mustn’t Hurry (Tami T Remix)
    2. IDK About You (Bunny Michael Remix)
    3. Plunge (Faka Remix)
    4. Wanna Sip (Olof Dreijer Remix)
    5. Falling (Glasser Remix)
    6. Wanna Sip (Sissel Wincent Remix)
    7. This Country (Paula Temple’s DESTROY Remix)
    8. Mustn’t Hurry (Aasthma’s Remix)
    9. Plunge (DJ Marfox Remix)
    10. Mustn’t Hurry (Tzusing Remix)

    CD
    1. Mustn’t Hurry (Tami T Remix)
    2. To The Moon And Back (Los XL Remix)
    3. Wanna Sip (Olof Dreijer Remix)
    4. Falling (Glasser Remix)
    5. Mustn’t Hurry (Dinamarca Remix)
    6. To The Moon And Back (Jowaa Remix)
    7. Wanna Sip (Sissel Wincent Remix)
    8. IDK About You (Bunny Michael Remix)
    9. To The Moon And Back (NAR Remix)
    10. Mustn’t Hurry (Lao Remix)
    11. This Country Makes It Hard TO Fuck (Björk Remix)
    12. IDK About You (rip ME ReWORK)
    13. Mustn’t Hurry (Tzusing Remix)
    14. Plunge (Faka Remix)
    15. I’m Not Done (Still Not Done Mix)
    16. This Country (Paula Temple’s DESTROY Remix)
    17. Plunge (DJ Marfox Remix)
    18. I’m Not Done (Still Not Done Dancing Mix)

    Fever Ray

    Plunge

      Plunge, the first release in 8 years since the celebrated self titled debut in 2009.
       
      Plunge was largely recorded in Karin Dreijer’s Stockholm studio in collaboration with the producers Paula Temple, Deena Abdelwahed, NÍDIA, Tami T, Peder Mannerfelt and Johannes Berglund.
       
      Karin Dreijer is one half of the electronic duo the Knife along with her brother, Olof Dreijer. 


      STAFF COMMENTS

      Barry says: Fever ray's newest outing sees the Dreijer's in fine form once again, mixing throbbing synths and soaring vocal harmonies with distinctly modern production touches. It's a fascinating and enthralling journey, and totally essential.

      TRACK LISTING

      1. Wanna Sip
      2. Mustn't Hurry
      3. A Part Of Us
      4. Falling
      5. IDK About You
      6. This Country
      7. Plunge
      8. To The Moon And Back
      9. Red Trails
      10. An Itch
      11. Mama's Hand


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