Haerts, “Wings” (Shlohmo Remix)

To my ear, Haerts’s “Wings” was one of the very best pop songs of 2012 (here’s the original, it’s catchy as anything), and Shlohmo’s new remix is a remarkable flip. Slowed down and chopped up, the gorgeous, buoyant top line becomes ghostly and funereal; what sounded like hope in the first is now pining. Shlohmo is so good at this skittering, underwater thing: if you like it, his other two most recent remixes (Laura Mvula and Electric Guest) are after the jump.

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