The Haxan Cloak Remixes Björk’s "Mouth Mantra"

Björk has shared the second of three sets of Vulnicura remixes. Below, listen to the Haxan Cloak‘s remix of “Mouth Mantra”, Untold‘s remix of an alternate, choral version of “Lionsong”, and Rabit‘s take on “History of Touches”.

Speaking of the Haxan Cloak’s “Mouth Mantra” mix, Björk said:

after bobby ( the haxan cloak ) had mixed vulnicura (and made one beat ) i was kinda keen asking him if there was any song hed be up for taking further as a remix and he said mouth mantra… it was humbling for me to see one person take on like a whole album of mine like that, listen to it like thousand times and curious after him being soaked in it for months, where he thought he could take it further?  i am enjoying extremely this version live now as he is playing it w me on this summers festivals: it just takes off rocket style ha ha ha ha ha i almost forgot singing last time we played it

The Haxan Cloak writes:

I’ve always loved ‘Mouth Mantra’ since the time I heard the first version when we were doing the mixing – there’s something so satisfying about that goth breakdown section in the middle. We went through a few different iterations of it when we were mixing the record. Some where the beats were super loud and bombastic, some where the strings took more centre stage (we ended on a wonderful compromise of all these things). There’s something about ‘Mouth Mantra’ that really appeals to my sensibilities, so I always flirted with the idea of remixing it. When it came time to start thinking about prepping for the live shows, Bjork asked me if there were any songs I’d like to remix for playing live – instantly I thought of this one. I wanted to keep the core of the song but just really amp up the drama and intensity to 11 (surprise surprise). I then decided to refine the live remix for a more studio/headphone listening environment, so that’s what you hear now. I actually finished it on a plane last week and was texting Björk while I was finishing it. We were having a laugh about eschewing time zones and being ‘off-grid’ in all senses of the phrase, so at one point we came up with, “Mouth Mantra – ‘Haxan Cloak acid grid dissolve international time zone mix,’ but, ‘The Haxan Cloak remix’ just rolled off the tongue a bit easier.

Read commentary about the other two remixes at Dazed.

The first set of remixes featured Lotic, Mica Levi, Katie Gately, and Kramphaft. All three sets will be released by One Little Indian Records on limited edition translucent 12″s.

Read our recent conversation with Björk, The Invisible Woman.

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