Hinako Omori has shared a second rework from her most recent album, 'stillness, softness...' - a blissed out, cerebral remix of "foundation" by experimental composer, Claire Rousay.

"foundation" is a glacial piece of synth pop, which she describes as "a letter to ourselves on trusting our intuition and inner guidance to lead us along our unique paths." The Claire Rousay remix vaporizes the track into a heady, intoxicating piece where dense swathes of sound wrap around driving beats.

Hinako comments: "Claire has turned “foundation” into a sonically galactic journey, seamlessly metamorphosing from mysterious granular experimental pop with a new verse into a beautiful evolving ambient cloud symphony - it also totally took me by surprise to hear my speaking voice at the end, which I later realised is from an interview from a couple of years ago. I love that Claire has weaved this into the audio tapestry, and am so honoured to hear this song through her vision.”

Claire Rousay adds: "When Hinako first asked me if I would be interested in remixing a track from stillness, softness... I was quick to agree. In my mind I would select one of the less beat-oriented tracks and deconstruct it then blow it back up into an ambient remix. As I mulled over this idea in my head I came to the conclusion that in doing this, no boundaries would really be pushed and ultimately nothing new, for either of us, would come of this collaboration. After this realization I decided on the track foundation. I had never done a more pop-leaning remix before and certainly not one where I would be working with so many low frequencies. Turns out, this was the right move. foundation in its original form is a pop-forward but meditative track. The remix is still heavily influenced by the lyrics and inspiration behind the original but also was influenced by sounds I was currently listening to on the recent 03 Greedo, Young Thug, underscores, umru, etc. releases. On paper, the remix may not make sense but in practice it is fluid, stable, and the true definition of collaborative."

The Claire Rousay remix of "foundation" follows last month's remix of "cyanotype memories" by Hot Chip's Joe Goddard - listen here > hinakoomori.bandcamp.com/track/cyanotype-memories-joe-goddard-remix


- ✧ live dates ✧ -

16.05.24 “stillness, softness…” for piano, strings and harp @ St Peter Bancroft, Norwich (Norfolk & Norwich Festival)