Rhye - The Fall (Maurice Fulton Remix)

Maurice Fulton's outrageous remix of "The Fall" by Rhye has been cherished as a stone-cold masterpiece for the past decade. Out of print almost immediately, its legend has only grown and for too long it's been impossible to find a copy without parCng with considerable cash. We've wanted to remedy this situaCon for years so we're delighted to announce that we've finally given it the Be With treatment. The word ‘genius’ is bandied about liberally but it's fair to anoint Maurice Fulton with such lo8y praise. Sheffield’s king of oddball disco, Fulton is one of our favourite arCsts, an outerspace-minded producer with roots in BalCmore club music who has no problem injecCng dank interplanetary funk into the smoothest of acts. And so it goes with his remix of "The Fall". Rich and typically off-kilter, this is spellbinding disco par excellance. Fulton arms the track with a juddering electro-funk synth-bassline before shi8ing to a twanging disco reverb and conga-led, crash-cymbal-elevated groove. EssenCal doesn't even cover it; it's just astonishingly good. The gorgeous original, situated here on the flip, is a sublime serenade, all twinkling strings and sweet, sumptuous vocals over smooth, jazzy piano styles. It earned comparisons to Sade, Air and the xx upon iniCal release and it's sCll easy to understand why; it's warm and buoyant yet deeply melancholy. Elegantly downli8ing, you could say. Simon Francis remastered the original audio for both tracks and Cicely Balston's precise cut for Alchemy at AIR Studios ensures this 12" well and truly slaps. The immaculate Record Industry pressing will ensure this incredibly sought-a8er masterpiece finds a home in many more DJ boxes this and every year.