At first there was a remix: For the first part
of our Split Series „Hamburg“ the Hamburg based Band Me Succeeds made a remake
of Arp Auberts „Actress“. In Return Arp Aubert, consisting of Mirau Label
founder Stephan Lorenz, made a beautiful, dreamy remix for Me Succeeds
„Riemerling“. Now the remixing goes on in full album length: After their latest
long player „Rongorongo“ from 2011, which Me Succeeds released on their own
imprint isawmusic, the band will return on Ki Records with a remix album.
Eleven friends were invited to put their hands on the album’s tracks and give
their interpretation. Besides a whole lot of danceable tracks you will also
find some broken beats and spherical electronica here, which makes this release
fit in perfectly in the Ki catalogue. Under the motto „never change a running
system“ of course Arp Aubert once again had his hands on one of the tracks,
turning „Rongorongo“ into a driving techno track which is underlined by the
emotional vocals of lead-singer Mohna and beautiful melodies making this remix
perfect for the early hours on the dancefloor. The Berlin based producer and DJ
Iron Curtis gives the original of “Seventeen” a dubby note that is definitely
special as he uses many vintage synthesizers-sounds and broken pieces of the
original vocals to make this remix one of the strongest on this album. The last
remix on the album was done by Greek musician Chronik, who turns „Books“ into a
hymn with twisted rhythm and broken beats. It’s the perfect ending reminding us
a lot of the recently on Ki released „Saints“ by Monokle. Apart from that, a
few more great producers such as Tilmann Tausendfreund, Showing Off The Bling Bling,
Christian Löffler, On Stop Off, My First Trumpet, Bug Lover, Lorin Sylvester
Strohm and Suburb contributed to this Rongosium.