Very. A blog about Pet Shop Boys.

Disco 4, the latest installment in the Pet Shop Boys remix album series has been announced. The project, released in the UK on September 27th, focuses mostly on remixes on tracks performed by other artists and features the following tracklisting:

1. The Killers, “Read My Mind (PSB Stars Are Blazing mix)”
   
2. David Bowie with Pet Shop Boys, “Hallo Spaceboy (PSB Extended mix)”
   
3. Pet Shop Boys, “Integral (PSB Perfect Immaculate mix)”
   
4. Yoko Ono, “Walking On Thin Ice (PSB Electro mix)”
   
5. Madonna, “Sorry (PSB Maxi-mix)”
   
6. Atomizer, “Hooked On Radiation (PSB Orange Alert mix)”
   
7. Rammstein, “Mein Teil (PSB There Are No Guitars On This mix)”
   
8. Pet Shop Boys, “I’m with Stupid (PSB Maxi-mix)”

I was actually just wondering if they’d ever do this sort of thing while sorting through my remixes by the duo. I’m glad to see “Hooked On Radiation” getting a proper release, and judging by the title alone, that remix of “Integral” will be the ultimate in political dance tunes this fall.

Fridae.com features a typical pre-concert interview with the Pet Shop Boys vocalist, most notable for the following:

What’s next on the calendar for you, then?

We’re headliners of the Summer Sonic Festival, which is in Tokyo and Osaka. We’ve been on tour [for a] year now - this tour finishes in October.

In 2004 we wrote a musical score for the silent film, Battleship Potemkin, and we did that for a concert in Trafalgar Square in London. We’ll be bringing that to Russia and the Ukraine.

The next thing we’re going to write is an electronic music ballet to be performed in London. And I’d also like to write some new pop songs.

An electronic music ballet. Huh. I do actually quite like the music for Battleship Potemkin, and most of the songs from Closer To Heaven, so I’m be curious to see what the end result of this project will be.

(And can someone please tell the people that run the official website that some sort of RSS feed or the like from their “news” page would be very appreciated? Thanks!)

Ewan Pearson’s promo-only remix of Fundamental opening track “Psychological” will appear on Piecework, a compilation of the producer’s remixes. The complete track list is below:
CD01:

1. Seelenluft [ft. Mixmaster Michael Smith] - “Manila (Ewan Pearson Remix)”
   
2. The Chemical Brothers [ft. the Flaming Lips] - “The Golden Path (Ewan Pearson Extended Vocal)”
   
3. Futureshock - “Pride’s Paranoia (Ewan’s Sticking Plaster Remix)”
   
4. Silver City - “Shiver (Ewan’s Bari Girl Remix)”
   
5. Fields - “Song for the Fields (Ewan Pearson Vocal Remix)”
   
6. Playgroup - “Make It Happen (Ewan Pearson Remix)”
   
7. Freeform Five - “Perspex Sex (Ewan Pearson’s Hi NRG Remix)”
   
8. Slam [ft. Dot Allison] - “Visions (Ewan Pearson Remix)”
   
9. Goldfrapp - “Train (Ewan Pearson 6/8 Vocal)”
   
10. Closer Musik - “One, Two, Three - No Gravity (Ewan Pearson’s 2004 Remix)”
    
11. Franz Ferdinand - “Outsiders (Ewan Pearson Remix)”

CD02:

1. Mocky - “Catch a Moment in Time (Ewan Pearson’s Memory Blissed Remix)”
   
2. The Rapture - “I Need Your Love (Ewan’s Stay in School Mix)”
   
3. Pet Shop Boys - “Psychological (Ewan Pearson Mix)”
   
4. Alter Ego - “Beat the Bush (Ewan Pearson’s Slow NRG Edit)”
   
5. Röyksopp - “49 Percent (Ewan Pearson Glass Half Empty Remix)”
   
6. Goldfrapp - “Ride a White Horse (Ewan Pearson Disco Odyssey Parts 1 & 2)”
   
7. Ladytron - “Evil (Ewan Pearson Radio Edit)”
   
8. Moby - “Raining Again (Ewan Pearson Instrumental)”
   
9. Cortney Tidwell - “Don’t Let Stars Keep Us Tangled Up (Ewan’s Objects in Space Remix)”
   
10. Depeche Mode - “Enjoy the Silence (Ewan Pearson Extended Remix)”

As evidenced by this lineup, Pearson’s handled a broad variety of tracks, and this looks like a good value for those who appreciate the dancier end of things. The !K7 released compilation will be in US stores September 25.

By placing “Opportunities” just prior to “Integral” on the current tour’s set list and having the first song segue seemlessly into the second, Pet Shop Boys are providing fans with a danceable condemnation of those profiteering from the war on terror and related efforts to force national ID cards onto the populace.

Clever, that.