Crass’ Johnny Dynell Remix Of ‘G’s Song’ Just Released
Written by Johnson Stephen on August 4, 2020
Following XL Recordings honcho Richard Russell’s remix of ‘Bomb’ a few weeks back, the Crass ‘Feeding Of The Five Thousand’ remix project enters its next stage with a high-energy dancefloor deconstruction of ‘G’s Song’ by New York DJ, producer and promoter Johnny Dynell.
Well known for his 1983 cult hit ‘Jam Hot’ [remixed and sampled many times over], Dynell has had a long and illustrious career in music with his roots in the 70s Downtown No Wave Art-Punk scene. Dynell’s connection and friendship with Crass goes back to those days when the Anarchist Punk Icons played their only US gigs in 1978 in New York.
Because of his fondness for the track ‘G’s Song’ named in honor of Crass’ Visual Artist Gee Vaucher and his friendship with her, he made the decision to remix the track and he explains his reasons for doing so ”This track was a real challenge, because I wanted to do something totally different with it. I wanted it to sound more like the tracks that I played in the Clubs, but, still have the power and drive of the Punk original. I used the iconic vocals and a few bars of the Punk Guitar in the Intro to show the song’s roots. The Drums change at the end of the song to a more driving punk beat. I hoped that this would bring back some of the original Live Energy of the band I’d experienced back in 1978.”
Watch the lyric video for ‘G’s Song’ https://crass.lnk.to/GsSongRemixVideo
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