Dummy announces a new remix album, Bubbelibrium DLC, out June 11th both digitally and on a limited run of compact discs handmade by the band, and shares the “Unshaped Road (GMO’s Gummy Remix)” via Bandcamp today and available on all streaming platforms this Friday, March 14th. Bubbelibrium DLC reimagines Dummy’s sophomore album, Free Energy, released last fall on Trouble In Mind to acclaim from Pitchfork,Rolling Stone, Stereogum, Paste, Bandcamp Daily, Alternative Press, Treble, and more. Inspired by the notion of collaborating with their community of peers and heroes, Dummy invited GMO, Wishy, Three Quarter Skies (Simon Scott of Slowdive), seminal 90s 4AD band Insides, and more to participate. Bubbelibrium DLC pushes Dummy’s songs further into the electronic, dance and experimental space that showcase each artist’s individual talents.
“Unshaped Road (GMO’s Gummy Remix)” finds members of ex-Captured Tracks’ band B Boys remixing Free Energy standout “Unshaped Road” with a focus on the song’s bassline. GMO says, “We heard you like the bassline in ‘Unshaped Road’ — so do we. Our remix highlights the driving bassline and textured sounds of the original, with a little GMO flavor.”
Stream “Unshaped Road (GMO’s Gummy Remix)”
Dummy — the Los Angeles band of Alex Ewell, Emma Maatman, Nathan O’Dell, andJoe Trainor — is a creatively restless band. Feeling like they had done the best version of motorik pop that they could do, they wanted to get harder, dancier, a little more psychedelic. While creating Free Energy, Ewell and Trainor began experimenting with home recording, using DAW as kind of an instrument for composition rather than simply a tool. O’Dell dug deeper into instrumental/sample composition, in addition to contributing more guitar leads, while Maatman stepped into the spotlight with noticeably foregrounded and confident vocals. The result is a record that celebrates music’s ability to move the body, whether that be through a teeth-rattling wall of MBV-esque noise, a sticky pop chorus, or a joyous drum machine—or, if you’re Dummy, maybe all of them in the same song.
Dummy Tour Dates:
Sat. Apr. 19 – Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy & Harriets
Sun. Apr. 20 – Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
Tue. Apr. 22 – Phoenix, AZ @ Linger Longer
Fri. Apr. 25 – McAllen, TX @ The Gremlin
Sat. Apr 26 – Austin, TX @ Austin Psych Fest
Sun. Apr. 27 – Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves
Mon. Apr. 28 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Resonant Head
Tue. Apr. 29 – Lawrence, KS @ White Schoolhouse
Wed. Apr. 30 – Denver, CO @ Hi Dive
Thu. May 1 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sister
Sat. May 3 – Mexico City, MX @ Pitchfork Music Festival CDMX
Sun. May 4 – Guadalajara, MX @ Cuerda Cultura
Thu. Jul. 31 – Sun. Aug. 3 – Happy Valley, OR @ Pickathon
Fri. May 16 – Brussels, BE @ Les Nuits @ Botanique
Sat. May 17 – Amsterdam, NL @ London Calling @ Paradiso
Mon. May 19 – Hamburg, DE @ Aalhaus
Tue. May 20 – Berlin, DE @ Badenhaus
Wed. May 21 – Szczecin, PL @ Storrady
Thu. May 22 – Warsaw, PL @ Chmury
Fri. May 23 – Krakow, PL @ Green Zoo Festival @ Klub RE
Sat. May 24 – Brno, CZ @ Art Bar
Sun. May 25 – Katowice, PL @ Piąty Dom
Tue. May 27 – Bratislava, SK @ Nova Cvernovka
Wed. May 28 – Kreuzlingen, CH @ Horst Klub
Thu. May 29 – Bern, CH @ ISC Club
Sun. June 1 – Toulouse, FR @ Le Labo Des Arts
Mon. June 2 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound
Tu. June 3 – Madrid, ES @ Wurlitzer Ballroom
Thu. June 5, – Porto, PT @ Maus Habitos
Fri. June 6 – Lisbon, PT @ ZDB
Sat. June 7, – Andoain, SP @ Andoaingo Rock Jaialdia
Wed. June 11 – Ravenna, IT @ Beaches Brew Festival
Thu. June 12 – Fano, IT @ Bagna Elsa
Fri. June 13 – Vaglio Serra, IT @ Fans Out Festival
Sun. June 15 – Hilvarenbeek, NL @ Best Kept Secret Festival
Keep your mind open.
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[Thanks to Patrick at Pitch Perfect PR.]
