For their third release the Basel centred Fleeting Wax family turn their attention to their chess obsessed buddies, Karpov Not Kasparov. The Bucharest mastermind’s Vocal version of Choose Your Colour Gipsy Dark gets the remix treatment from fellow Romanians Khidja, label boss Mehmet Aslan as well as a special collective effort from the artists behind the label.
The original track was first created for a fashion show during a protest movement in Bucharest and has gone on to become a favourite for those surrounding the Fleeting Wax crew. In the show the models were women from marginalised gypsy communities who donned outfits from well known Romanian designers.
The release adds another layer of poignancy as it brings together again the partnership led to The Mechanical Turk remix which has become an anthem for adventurous DJs worldwide and helped push the heavily eastern influenced sound that is sweeping dancefloors across Europe and beyond.
The three remixes build on the spacey, smokey atmosphere of the original, exploring the trippy influences at it’s heart. Romanian hardware obsessives Khidja turn in a typically jacking, infectious Chicago influenced remix, keeping things heady with the track’s doom laden vocal.
Mehmet Aslan’s chugging remix brings the seductive melodic flavours of the orient to bear once more on the dancefloor with all the coolness and restraint he has become known for. The first ever Fleeting Wax remix is a spacey, Italo inspired reworking based on airy drums and a constant undulating bass line that tempers the drama of the ascending melodies.

A1 Khidja Remix
A2 Fleeting Wax Remix 
B1 Mehmet Aslan Remix

FW003 | Karpov Not Kasparov - Gipsy Remixes / Khidja

"Choose Your Color Gipsy Dark (Remixes)" by @knotk, featuring a @poor-relatives alias Khidja remix of "Choose Your Color Gipsy Dark", will be out on March 31 through @fleeting-wax. More info: bit.ly/Khidjark

Karpov Not Kasparov - Choose Your Colour Gypsy Dark (Remixes) [Fleeting Wax]

Choose Your Colour Gypsy Dark (Remixes)

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Karpov Not Kasparov - Choose Your Color Gipsy Dark (Khidja Remix)

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Karpov Not Kasparov - Choose Your Colour Gipsy Dark (Remixes)

A1 Khidja Remix
A2 Fleeting Wax Remix 
B1 Mehmet Aslan Remix

For their third release the Basel centred Fleeting Wax family turn their attention to their chess obsessed buddies, Karpov Not Kasparov. The Bucharest mastermind’s Vocal version of Choose Your Colour Gipsy Dark gets the remix treatment from fellow Romanians Khidja, label boss Mehmet Aslan as well as a special collective effort from the artists behind the label.
The original track was first created for a fashion show during a protest movement in Bucharest and has gone on to become a favourite for those surrounding the Fleeting Wax crew. In the show the models were women from marginalised gypsy communities who donned outfits from well known Romanian designers.
The release adds another layer of poignancy as it brings together again the partnership led to The Mechanical Turk remix which has become an anthem for adventurous DJs worldwide and helped push the heavily eastern influenced sound that is sweeping dancefloors across Europe and beyond.
The three remixes build on the spacey, smokey atmosphere of the original, exploring the trippy influences at it’s heart. Romanian hardware obsessives Khidja turn in a typically jacking, infectious Chicago influenced remix, keeping things heady with the track’s doom laden vocal.
Mehmet Aslan’s chugging remix brings the seductive melodic flavours of the orient to bear once more on the dancefloor with all the coolness and restraint he has become known for. The first ever Fleeting Wax remix is a spacey, Italo inspired reworking based on airy drums and a constant undulating bass line that tempers the drama of the ascending melodies.

B1 Karpov Not Kasparov - Choose Your Color Gipsy Dark (Mehmet Aslan's Pasha Version)

A2 Karpov Not Kasparov - Choose Your Color Gipsy Dark (Fleeting Wax Remix)

Fleeting Wax is a new label by Basel DJs Mehmet Aslan and Miajica from Alma Negra, whose fame has spread far and beyond Switzerland. The EP contains three striking edits from the reaches of what could be considered world disco in the widest sense of the word. It’s fair to say that this is the embodiment of a now-familiar Basel sound – all sultry playfulness, Turkish delights and sun-drenched pop-not-pop. The first is Tai’s "Schlager Edit", built on a combo of hypnotic Marimba-dreaming and that irresistibly sugary voice. Istanbul digger DJ Fattish immerses himself into the singer-songwriter wealth of his country. And label co-owner Miajica weds Italian cantautore passion to the dancefloor. With it’s first release, Fleeting Wax clearly lives up to it’s romantic promise: Unearthing forgotten relics and infusing sleeping beautys with new life.

FW003 | Karpov Not Kasparov - Gipsy Remixes / Khidja

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