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Collected Reworks
Electronic · 2020

Collected Reworks

Foals

A sprawling odyssey that strips Foals' math-rock precision down to its rhythmic bones, rebuilding it for the dancefloor through house, techno, and disco.

October 9, 2020 · Warner Music UK Ltd.

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Collected Reworks is a fascinating transformation of one of Britain's most rhythmically complex rock bands into a pure electronic powerhouse. While Foals have always flirted with dance music through their interlocking guitar patterns and tribal drumming, this compilation fully commits to the club. It sounds like a neon-lit urban landscape where the organic grit of the original tracks has been polished into sleek, digital grooves. The album manages to maintain the emotional core of Yannis Philippakis's vocals while surrounding them with four-on-the-floor kicks and sweeping synthesizer pads.

Moments Worth Listening For
The way Solomun's remix of Late Night stretches the original's tension into an eight-minute deep house odyssey.
The sudden explosion of brass and disco strings in the Purple Disco Machine rework of In Degrees.
When the jittery guitar riff of Mountain at My Gates is swallowed by Alex Metric's pulsing synth bass.
The ethereal, ambient drift that opens the Hot Since 82 remix of Into the Surf before the beat kicks in.
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Collected Reworks sound next to the rest of Foals's catalogue?

Sample Based+4.0σ

The production is built around sample based than this artist usually allows.

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