POPPONGENE SHARES I CAN'T BE WHAT YOU NEED SUNBEAM SOUND MACHINE REMIX + ANNOUNCES 'FUTURES UNSURE' REMIX EP

Today Melbourne based artist Poppongene is excited to share a remix of I Can't Be What You Need a track that features on her recently released debut EP Futures Unsure. I Can't Be What You Need was remixed by long time friend and musical collaborator Sunbeam Sound Machine and is the first remix to be released from the forthcoming Futures Unsure Remix EP out digitally on Friday 4th of September via Our Golden Friend.
 

Stream/ Watch/ Download 'I Can't Be What You Need (Sunbeam Sound Machine remix)'

The remix was premiered yesterday on Pilerats with a glistening, sun drenched video created by Sophie Treloar and Lee Hannah and edited by Lee Hannah. The video was shot on the land of the Kaurna people. With picturesque moments caught on Mini DV and featuring glorious scenes of a breezier time, the video is a welcome respite from the current climate of life.

Of the remix, Poppongene says:

"Nick asked me if he could do a remix of I Can’t Be What You Need after the first time hearing Pops play it live. And after playing in Sunbeam with Nick for the past seven years, I was quite interested to see what he’d make my music into! The result is a fun/absurd Poppongene X Moby X Sunbeam X Janet sandwich. And I love it. Eat it up!

Sunbeam Sound Machine had this to say about working on the remix:

'I wanted to make this remix from the first time I heard Poppongene play the song live. That hook got stuck in my head but the song wasn’t recorded yet so I couldn’t listen to it. Instead the hook kept repeating and I made up some other stuff to go around it. Once it was recorded Soph was kind enough to indulge me and let me have a tinker with her lovely song. It was inspired by some ambient stuff from the ‘90s I’d been listening to, as well as Janet Jackson’s 2001 smash hit ‘All For You.’

The remix is the first taste of the Futures Unsure Remix EP. Poppongene sent the call out to friends and collaborators to give the tracks from Futures Unsure their own spin and rejig. Artists featured on the remix EP are Sunbeam Sound Machine, Dianas, Snowy Band, Market, Bonnie Knight & Good Morning.

The remix EP will be released digitally via Our Golden Friend on Friday the 4th of September 2020.