i miss clor.
a lot.
their only album, clor, knocked me sideways, i hammered it for months after its release.
something about the disjointed song structures, the vocals, the combination of synths and guitars just ticked every box for me when it came out. i even ended up interviewing the band for clash magazine.
oh the fame and non-fortune.
so, the fact i missed them live when they appeared at glastonbury last year, will go with me to the grave, especially as i heard from people later that they were on fire.
when the band called it quits i felt let down, depressed and disappointed. this was one band i really felt could become a very special part of my life, and my emotional investment had not paid off yet again.
however, in the weeks prior to the announcement i received a cd ep by swedish pop band envelopes which included a remix by clor, who were on record expressing their love for the original.
i didn’t really get into the original, it was too twee for me at the time and rather messy in the arrangement, but there was a very catchy tune in the mess.
thankfully, such reservations were disgarded with the clor remix, who stripped away the shambolic aspects, underpinned the track with their trademarked sonics, and then let it go acid ravey-nutso after a few minutes, making the outcome rather special.
i still hope that there is a spinoff from clor in the same way simian morphed into remix outfit simian mobile disco, as i strongly believe that there was talent within the clor unit to make some fantastic music.
i guess we just have to wait.
in the meantime, dig out the clor album loud once more, scour the racks for their cd singles (hunt down the joakim remix of magic touch !), and revel in the glory that is this wonderful remix.
envelopes – sister in love (clor remix)