PRODUCT IS 10

Listen to BIPP (Autechre Mx)

Listen to UNISIL on PRODUCT

BIPP (Autechre Mx) / UNISIL

In 2015 when potential remixes of BIPP were first floated the unequivocal response from SOPHIE was “No remixes..” a long pause followed “..unless it’s Autechre”. We asked, and five years later an email from Autechre arrived “sorry this is so late, hope it’s still of some use”. An Autechre live show recording from a Numbers show in 2005 had first inspired SOPHIE to source the equipment used to craft new music including BIPP, LEMONADE & more.

Onto the remix: it’s 3 minutes 33 seconds long, stripped back and loose.  Sounding like Autechre paying tribute to some serious late 80’s influences.  The duo’s interpretation channels an imagined transition point between NY electro and UK street soul, that pitched down SOPHIE vocal reconfigured into a wanna-be Latin Freestyle Natasha King, jiving over a deep slice of TR-606 funk technology.

Released with the previously unreleased SOPHIE track ‘UNISIL’ on the b-side, a track created by SOPHIE during the recordings for PRODUCT but until now never given a full release.  The story goes that it was sent out as a digital bonus to the lucky people who managed to buy the Limited Edition Silicon Product version of the record. ‘Unisil’ is a reference to the silicone production and curing process, and the hard, fast, and synthetic sound, not far from the sounds heard on the 2005 Autechre Live Show recording, and so that cycle of influences completes.