Blog: Mixtape Maestro

If the original version of Swedish dream-pop duo jj 's latest single "Beautiful Life" , with it's sighing vocals, gentle gallop and icy haziness, could be considered a sort of winter-set daydream, then think of Virginian knob twiddler Atom Christie 's dubstep remix has getting the tune re-fitted for those forthcoming sticky-hot summer nights. Re-pasting the vocals together into a puzzle-like patchwork of chipmunk-sped chirps and giving that aforementioned gallop a dancehall-esque spark, all while bringing the requisite mechanic churn that all dubstep creations must spew, Christie morphs what was once sublime and dreamy into [...]