News — PHLP08

Tame Impala 'Why Won't You Make Up Your Mind' (Erol Alkan Rework) taken from his 'Reworks Volume 1' compilation, a track long been out of print and highly sought after on vinyl. "This rework for Tame Impala proved to be one of the trickiest on the compilation. Rewind back to 2010, I was asked to remix 'I Don't Really Mind' from Innerspeaker, I ended up making a version which was good, it had a nice acid line, a sweet 3 minute Juno synth drone breakdown, and chopped up vocals. I sent it to the label and it was approved a few days later, but in...

Daft Punk 'The Brainwasher' (Erol Alkan's Horrorhouse Dub) taken from his 'Reworks Volume 1' compilation, a track long been out of print and highly sought after on vinyl. "I reworked Daft Punk's 'Brainwasher' back in January 2006, I didn't receive the parts as Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Man were away from the studio at the time, it was made using the master track which I chopped up in the sampler, and then built the rest of the track around it. It was heavily influenced by hearing records by Meat Beat Manifesto, Renegade Soundwave, Eon and 'The Exorcist' by The Scientist on pirate radio...

Mixmag picked out Erol Alkan's 10 best reworks to keep kids dancing, celebrating the his new 'Reworks Volume 1' compilation out 3rd Nov. Including his rework of Manic Street Preachers, Metronomy, Alter Ego, see what else they picked HERE 'Reworks Volume 1' Formats: 20 x track double CD mutlibox edition 5 x 2 track 12” vinyl (can be bought individually)5 piece collectors boxset with a download code and excluisve interview Pre-order the boxset, CD and 12" Vinyl by clicking HERE

Erol Alkan chatted with i-D ahead of the release of his brand new 'Reworks Volume 1' compilation about the art of the remix and flashing back 10 years to the legacy of the legendary TRASH club. "I suppose I always felt remixing and reworking other people's music to be a very creative thing. Early on, I tried to reproduce records just using their original elements, as if I was producing the band the first time around or making the kind of extended 12-inch version -- which I used to really, really love growing up. I'd buy the 12-inch pop hits, like You Spin...