For this week's installment in my
Throwback Thursday series, it gives me great pleasure to reintroduce the world to one of the catchiest and most beautiful melodies, situated around some of the most infectious vocals and bumping basslines,
Aeroplane's remix of
Friendly Fires' "
Paris."
Simple soaring beauty propels
Aeroplane's remix right from the start, with its subtle disco percussion and sprightly synth plucks. Add the depth of the bassline, and the track really starts to take off. The lightness and ethereal quality of
Au Revoir Simone's vocals shoot "
Paris" into the stratosphere, imbuing the track with a heavenly essence. The sheer magic of
Aeroplane's mix seems to be utterly endless, whether it's the progressive playfulness of the melody and percussion, the sweeping atmospheric movement, the manipulated madness (starting at about 4:17), or the slow but steady release of tension with the final, exalted flourish (at about 6:34); everything
Aeroplane puts into his remix exudes lush and rapturous elegance. If you are at all familiar with
Aeroplane's catalog, this will come as no surprise to you, his productions are quite simply aesthetic beauty in their most concise and profound form.
I first came across his remix of "
Paris" when he was the 500th DJ to do an Essential Mix back in 2010. In that mix (which lives up to his incredible standards of beauty), it was mixed with
Flight Facilities' "
Crave You" to create one of my favourite mashups ever. Find both (available for free download, courtesy the man himself), the full
Essential Mix, and the recreated mashup, below. If I may further add two more suggestions of
Aeroplane tracks that you simply must hear, I highly recommend his remixes of
Gypsy & The Cat's "
The Piper's Song," and
The Human League's "
Never Let Me Go." Get on board the
Aeroplane of awesomeness and travel to a simpler, more beautiful time.
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