Antipole Remixes for Haunt Me, The Spoiled and Occults.

Before Christmas, three remixes were released, reimagined by Norway’s Karl Morten Dahl, that guy behind the guitar based post-punk project Antipole. These three tracks are Haunt Me’s (USA) “Cemetery Rendezvous,” The Spoiled’s (Italy) “Love Is Pain” and “Depeche Mode” by Occults (USA).

“Cemetery Rendezvous” is a gorgeous darkwave track, with the remix cloaking this Haunt Me single in swaths of shimmering guitar, elegantly enhancing the hushed tones of the low vocals.

The Spoiled already had a wonderful jangle guitar sound in “Love Is Pain,” but Dahl has worked his magic, creating guitar lines that are sonic eddies, while also bringing to the fore the lovely synths.

The original Occults track, “Depeche Mode,” is a perfect song that captures the sound of Dave Gahan & Company from the 80s, while the remix has a more ephemeral quality, with dreamy, Cure like guitar and echoing vocals.

Karl Morten Dahl has excellent taste in music and a great ear for the delicate remix, so you should do yourself a favour and have a listen. If you know the bands, then enjoy the remixes, however, if unfamiliar, you might find yourself a few new wonderful post-punk bands to immerse your ears in.