Now get this – a collaboration between O’Neill, formally of The Undertones and the mighty Kevin Shields of leftfield soundtracky trip hop released on an underground French house music label!!!
Always been perplexed why those obsessive My Bloody Valentine collectors haven’t picked up on this, because even though it has O’Neill’s name, the music has Shield’s name written all over it. In hindsight if you listen to that little 7” they gave out with ‘Isn’t Anything’ with the hip hop groove and then this, you will see a similarity. However this also has a John Barry feel to the whole EP, kind of what Barry would do nowadays to a James Bond soundtrack, as opposed to the unoriginal rehashes of David Arnold.
Not too sure what to make of My Bloody Valentine in 2009 / 2010. Although they were one of those life changing bands for me and I saw them tons ‘back in the day’, this whole reformation is just a pay check day as it is for everyone else on the circuit now. I hope I am wrong but I doubt that a new album will appear, probably just a much needed compilation with a few unreleased moments. Good luck to them anyway. Don’t think that they made much money on Creation and they don’t seem to get on too well with their old label boss McGee now, but does any ex Creation artists?
There is little to no info on the web about this 4 track EP. You may see more Kevin Shields remixes on Afrotronica. Really loved a lot of his remix work in the late 90’s, and some seem to have been long forgotten, a bit like this.
Big ups to the Artefact label too. Over the years they have always pushed the boat out more than most dance labels with the likes of the aforementioned EP as well as afrobeat and ambient releases.
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