From
the perspective of musical tastes, most of us are products of our early environment.
Sure, appreciations evolve. It is common for music devotees to open the door to
newly developed styles, although youthful edginess is too often eroded away over
time. Still, most of us remain tethered to our early influences.
For
Indie Obsessive, this nurture-over-nature sculpting drives a preference for “organic”
instrumentation over the wonders of technologically advanced equipment. Fortunately,
the preference does not prevent us from appreciating the work of particularly skillful
artists whose tastes may be different or broader than ours. Thus, this blog has featured
several songs from The Bins, which is the musical moniker of Clark Barclay. The moniker reflects his obsession with mining record bins for gems.
Our
favorite tracks from The Bins are results of Clark Barclay using decades-old
songs as inspirations. In 2021, The Bins released an album, “Happiness
Complete,” that included “Beijos,” a song that employed Lou Rawls' 1966
single “Love Is a Hurtin' Thing” as an anchor while ingeniously piecing samples
from various songs into a cohesive whole.
Today, The Bins released “Happiness Completely Remixed,” a
collection of remixes of the songs on the 2021 album. The remixes are from
various artists, but Barclay has his fingerprints on each. We are partial to “Santa
Cruz Mountains (Slow Shudder Remix).” Slow Shudder is the performance name of Amanda
Mayo, a recording artist, music producer, songwriter, and DJ (https://slowshudder.com/). Her voice shines
through on the remix.
Santa Cruz Mountains (Slow Shudder Remix)
The
Spotify stream of “Happiness Completely Remixed” is embedded below.
Alternative streaming platforms include Bandcamp and Soundcloud:
https://thebins.bandcamp.com/album/happiness-completely-remixed-2:
https://soundcloud.com/thebins/sets/happiness-completely-remixed
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