Pitchfork: Four Tet, More Remix His Name Is Alive

His Name Is Alive's blues have covered the Earth for most of our young millennium; now, those same blues are being shaken up a bit. The Michigan tribe has put together Someday Rmx, a download-only remix album of 2001's Someday My Blues Will Cover the Earth (4AD). Best part, it's free.

Several tracks, including contributions from Four Tet and Minotaur Shock, were previously featured on limited edition 12" promo singles back in 2001. The record does, however, feature a new number from Burnt Friedman, and R&B and demo versions of "Write My Name".

Starting today, for a limited time, fans can download the 11-track Silver Mountain Media Group release (with printable PDF art!) on His Name Is Alive's website.

In other news, the latest HNIA album, Detrola will see release in the UK and select European countries on October 16, courtesy of Reincarnate/Essential.

His Name Is Alive have four October gigs on the touring agenda, one of which (Dearborn, Michigan's Stormy Records date) requires attendees to "come early, stand in the front, wear a costume, and bring a tambourine," according to a press release. 100 fun-sized candy bars says the band goes as His Name Is Dead.

01 Write My Name (Tony Ollivierra mix)
02 One Year (Four Tet remix)
03 Happy Blues (Susumu Yokota remix)
04 Nothing Special (Herrmann & Kleine remake)
05 Happy Blues (Recloose mix)
06 Nothing Special (Burnt Friedman - Nonplace remix)
07 Someday (Burnt Friedman remix)
08 One Year (Minotaur Shock remix)
09 Someday (Ectomorph Electric Storm version)
10 Write My Name (HNIA R&B version)
11 Write My Name (HNIA 1998 demo)

Dates:

10-19 Ann Arbor, MI - Gallery Project
10-23 Dearborn, MI - Stormy Records
10-28 Detroit, MI - Haunted Tube at Bohemian National Home
11-11 Castellón, Spain - Teatre Principal (Tanned Tin Festival)