Ambient metal / doom-and-drone greats Earth have announced a 30th anniversary reissue of their influential debut album, Earth 2: Special Low Frequency Version, which will be out November 3 via Sub Pop.
Along with the original album, Earth is releasing a companion record, Earth 2.23: Special Lower Frequency Mix, which features remixes and interpretations by The Bug, Flowdan, Justin K. Broadrick (Godflesh/Jesu), Loop‘s Robert Hampson, and Brett Netson of Built to Spill/Earth. It will be available digitally and on vinyl as part of Sub Pop’s Loser Edition of Earth 2.
With the announcement, they’ve shared The Bug’s remix of “Angels” which features Flowdan. “When I first heard Earth 2 I didn’t even make it to the end of the album, as I later embarrassingly confessed to Dylan Carlson,” says The Bug. “But ironically it ended up being one of ‘those’ records that sounds so alien on first listen, but ends up being a constant companion, absolutely embedded under my skin and in constant rotation. So much so that I later approached Dylan to collaborate on our 2017 album Concrete Desert for Ninja Tune. So it was incredibly flattering to be approached by him to reinterpret one of Earth 2’s choice cuts. As I knew Dylan was a fan of my work with Flowdan, it was a no brainer to invite my regular partner in musical crime to spit on the mic for my rework. We aimed to fuse drone, hip hop, low end dirt and grime into a monolithic slab of sonic f-ck you. The result made us smile in the best possible way.” Listen to that below.
Earth 2 Special Low Frequency Version
30th Anniversary Edition
1. Seven Angels
2. Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine
3. Like Gold and Faceted
Earth 2.23 Special Lower Frequency Mix
1. Angels (The Bug Remix feat. Flowdan)
2. May Your Vanquished Be Saved from the Bondage of their Sins (Robert Hampson Remix)
3. Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine (Justin K Broadrick Remix)
4. Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine (Brett Netson Version)
5. Like Gold and Faceted (Kevin Richard Martin Remix)*
*digital-only