Pitchfork Forkcast: New Music: Robyn: "Konichiwa Bitches (Trentemøller Remix)"

New Music: Robyn: "Konichiwa Bitches (Trentemøller Remix)"

Pitchfork first reviewed Robyn's "Konichiwa Bitches" back in 2005, but its proper 2007 release gives us another opportunity to dig back in. Denmark-based producer Trentemøller's star has been rising over the past few years, partly thanks to high-profile remixes of The Knife, Royksöpp, and countless others. Now he transforms Robyn's track with surf guitar licks, $5-dollar drum machine beats, Elastica-like power chords, and acid rave-ups, treating each verse to a different experiment over the track's six-minute run. So, yep, it's way goofier than most of his other work, and it fits Robyn's puffed-up simile-per-minute boasts.

[from "Konichiwa Bitches" single; due 03/27/07 on Konichiwa Records] | [Pre-Order]

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