Crystal Fighters' Champion Sound Recut.

Having voyaged the globe channeling the spirit, soul, and sound of the Euskadi, the land in which frontman Sebastian Pringle is currently holed up conjuring inspiration for LP#2, the follow-up to the phenomenal cultural melting pot of style and sensation that was Star Of Love, Crystal Fighters are finally to release Champion Sound as a single. We initially branded the track as one that sounded akin to 'sunrise ebbing on Barcelonan shores as the limbless and legless drip out of sleaze holes', and the remixes that this weekend bedded themselves into the iTunes only serve to enhance such a perception. An acoustic rendition of the track that features on the Star Of Love Acoustic EP, bolstered by flutes, accordions, and heavily involved snare sees the troupe once again tinge its overriding anthemia with traditional Basque trimmings. Returning to where it all began consequently renders the track particularly homely, its organic mix ideally befitting while illuminating the immense leaps taken since their formation hace mucho tiempo.

A slew of remixes and reworkings of the track then grappled with our attention, transporting it far away to wrestle atop the infinite grains of distant sands. First up is a nice and succinct redux from London-based DJ/producer duo STEEP, whose seemingly Aoki-inspired interpretation seeps in and out of the debauched, tidily looped vox perpetuating blips and distinctly Balearic undertones. Having a beach party set to a reasonable BPM in an indeterminate 'sleaze hole' any time in the next twelvemonth? Slap this one on the playlist.

Taking things down a touch with a sedate take are Bristol's Outboxx, whose loose and breezy, somewhat recuperative ebb ought to straighten out any distorted memories and barely recollected misdemeanours occurring at that beach-stationed bash. We'd highly recommend getting all 15.8MB of this one down your wireless (downloads below).

Not so much a grower as one that grows ominously outstandingly over eight minutes is Psychemagik's superlatively crafted, quavering undulation of a mix. Jittering guitars intercede around the midpoint, upraising this glimmering star of a thing to stellar, celestial spheres. The triumph of all Champion Sound remixes, and an astronomically excellent, elevatory effort.


DOWNLOAD: Crystal Fighters, Champion Sound: Original / Acoustic / STEEP Remix / Outboxx Remix / Psychemagik Remix.