Goat + MC Yallah - Nimerudi Remixes

Goat has long been mapping the shape of fuzzed ‘70s sounds culled from far-flung corners of the world, splicing tape-market aesthetics and poly-rhythmic pounce to a deep bench of Swedish psychedelics. This clash of ideas fully came to a head with February’s release of single ‘Nimerudi’, a collaboration track with Kenyan-born, Ugandan-based rapper MC Yallah.

Matching the band’s lived-in, lysergic production, Yallah brought her nimble, multi-lingual flow, leaning into the band’s Nordic wrecking crew with an acumen that’s earned her an honor roll of critical praise. Yallah has been building steam since ’99, releasing a litany of singles and two albums with Debmaster on acclaimed Nyege Nyege sublabel Hakuna Kulala, and her elastic phrasing is the perfect fit for the band’s timeless feel.

On it’s release the track quickly gained the prestigious BBC 6 Music ‘A’ playlist status, after picking up an unprecedented number of spot plays from many of the stations DJ’s Gilles Peterson, Mark Radcliffe, Huey Morgan, Iggy Pop, Don Letts etc, etc –  everyone couldn’t help to fall under the spell of the Goat/Yallah groove.

Now, Rocket Recordings are happy to reveal an EP containing four more remixes of the track, following the acid dub of the ‘Salmagundi Remix’ that accompanied the ‘Nimerudi’ original release.

The first of the five remixes is from Wayne Adams, the London producer who is one half of Goat’s label mates Petbrick, a duo that pairs Adams with old Sepultura drummer Iggor Cavalera. Wayne’s dark electronic mix teases out the hazy early hours of post rave urban London rather than the golden warmth of the sun soaked life of Uganda.

The second remix sees GNOD continue their seismic sonic palette by stripping out the flesh and bones of the original track like the roughness of tiger tongue wrapping around your infinity machine mind – hypnotically grinding as a throbbing electronic sine wave of neurotoxins.

Malcolm Catto’s remix is track of two worlds – the world of the living and the world of the spirit – where his burrowing rhythmic intensity summons Can’s deeply cosmic afro-krautrock-funk-psych of ‘Ege Bamyasi’– dappled with its intricate polyrhythms and fuzzy lead guitar signature of Malcolm’s ‘The Heliocentrics’ project.

And lastly, the Illusive Bristolian producer Claude Cooper brings the whole release burning full circle with his old skool beats, stylized rhythmic chop-around reworking, embellishing the original with his West Country heavy funky breakbeats and scratching turntablism.

The ‘Nimerudi Remix’ EP is released digitally across all streaming platforms on 30 May. There will also be a ltd edition 12” available featuring the original track, plus these four remixes. The 12” will also contain a special bonus Goat track, ‘Seu Sangue’ which has not been released on vinyl before.

TRACK LISTING

01. NIMERUDI
02. NIMERUDI (WAYNE ADAMS REMIX)
03. NIMERUDI (GNOD REMIX)
04. NIMERUDI (MALCOLM CATTO / THE HELIOCENTRICS REMIX)
05. NIMERUDI