Watch: Michael RJ Saalman “Cancerous (ALAK Remix)” (exclusive)

06 Nov 2013 — Henning Lahmann

Last month, California-based artist ALAK aka Jocelyn Noir released her excellent Guardian Petted EP as part of Kaleidoscope's ongoing "Limited Dubs" series. Today she returns with a remix of "Cancerous" by affiliated Sacramento resident Michael RJ Saalman, who recently dropped his Ripe Hymns cassette on Crash Symbols. "Cancerous" is part of that release, and while Saalman's original gently jangles along an upbeat rhythmic structure, ALAK's take on the tune heads in a drone-infused, drugged out direction with a deliberately unwieldy and decomposed result, rounded off by the aptly mesmerizing visual psychedelia of the accompanying video collage, assembled by ALAK herself. Watch and listen below.

Ripe Hymns is out already. Get it over here.