Starkey / Stars (feat. Anneka)

Planet Mu

Digital version features exclusive remixes by Few Nolder, Raffertie and Ital Tek!!! During the course of an appearance on Mary Anne Hobbs's show recently, Philadelphia producer and genre cross-pollinator Starkey built a track from scratch with the help of Anneka and Reso, leaving other Radio One DJs scrambling to play it. Well, here's what happens when they have more than two hours to work. "Stars," a tender lullaby dedicated to losing oneself in the wonder of the cosmos, is taken from the upcoming Ear Drums and Back Holes album. On vocals is Anneka Warburton, a singer whose tender, crystal-clear voice curls perfectly around Starkey's graceful washes of synth and effects. On the remix, Slugabed gleefully shatters the song into fragments but keeps the melody intact, bringing it all back together in his unique style when the drums and bass drop. The B-side features two exclusive tracks. "Starting Gates" starts gently before dropping into a rush of lumbering synths, off-beat soul claps and a gently building soulful melody. "Millennia" is influenced by the cosmic sounds of '70s Germany as much as any dubstep, bending glacial melody lines around epic strings and fluttering electronics.

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