Synthwave – not my favourite genre of electronic music but I enjoy it now and then.

I do, actually, like some of the early aspects of the synth sounds in synthwave, and I especially love working with early synths. Synthwave itself is probably a tad too poppy for my production tastes.

So: when I was given the opportunity to remix this piece, I took out some of the guitar parts and replaced them with the sounds of purer synths. I would say that much of the essence of this track remains with Michael, so in this respect it’s a faithful remix that doesn’t deviate too much from the original. But I do hope something of my own flavour – which if you’ve been following along all these weeks you my know something about! – does shine through.

And in any case, it’s often a good thing to work with different styles of music, if for no other reason than that it tells you about what you really do adore.

You can here more of Michael’s work over on Bandcamp. He’s based in Glasgow, UK. Here’s his original version of Control: