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Music, Sounds

LISTEN: “A visceral call to return to the dancefloor” by Montreal artist Laroie

by Lorraine Carpenter

“Can’t Let Go,” remixed by THe LYONZ, is the first single from a forthcoming remix EP.

Like her former Heartstreets collaborator Emma Beko, Gab Godon (aka Laroie) has been making music solo, releasing the Speed of Life EP in September. Now she’s back in collaborative mode, with each of the songs from that EP being remixed by a different Montreal artist or crew. The first single from the forthcoming SOL Selection Remix EP is “Can’t Let Go,” remixed by THe LYONZ.

“There was this emotion in the original mix that we wanted to let come through in the remix. We wanted to keep the track open enough to showcase the vocals and use field recordings like non-traditional drum sounds to add texture.”

—THe LYONZ
“Can’t Let Go” by Laroie, remixed by THe LYONZ

The SOL Selection Remix EP, which also features remixes by Martyn Bootyspoon, Honeydrip and Gene Tellem and Gabriel Rei, is described as “a musical manifesto, a visceral call to return to the dancefloor, by the next generation of the local electro scene.”

For more on Laroie, please visit her website.

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by Lorraine Carpenter

Editor in chief
Lorraine Carpenter was born in Montreal and studied communications and journalism at Concordia. She co-founded Cult MTL in 2012 following 12 years at the now-defunct Montreal alt weekly the Mirror, where she worked in editorial as copy editor and music editor. She’s dedicated to supporting the cultural scene in Montreal.