JIMI TENOR & FREESTYLE MAN: FORGOTTEN PLANET AWAKENS (INCL. RICARDO VILLALOBOS REMIX)

1. Jimi Tenor & Freestyle Man - Forgotten Planet Awakens
2. Jimi Tenor & Freestyle Man - Forgotten Planet Awakens (Ricardo Villalobos Vino Tinto remix)

Having released two EPs worth of mature but twisted New Jersey house tracks from Jimi Tenor & Freestyle Man, the Studio Barnhus A&R committee was eagerly awaiting the Finnish legends’ third submission to our label.

However, upon receiving a demo of "Forgotten Planet Awakens", it was clear to all that this sincere space hymn demanded a standalone release, rather than EP inclusion. Once again we faced that age-old dilemma: What to put on b-side?

…why, a Ricardo Villalobos remix, of course! The German-Chilean minimal techno god naturally agreed this was the only way forward, delivering a take which is something glorious on its own as well as a perfect complement to the original.

If Jimi Tenor & Freestyle Man’s song is about a frozen planet in a far away galaxy, slowly thawing by the power of some mysterious cosmic heat source, then Ricardo’s remix is that planet’s moon – dancing around it in a peculiar orbit, causing its oceans to rise and fall, adding light to the night.

released February 5, 2021