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Danny L Harle – ‘Aquarius’ (Luna Remix)
[Second track on the above mix]
Aside from being a contender for EE Radio Red Bull Formula 1xtra’s Happiest Song In The Universe™, if that was a thing that existed, what drew me to include this was the ‘Luna Remix’ tag. Particularly given that a picture of Danny’s cat, Luna, was tweeted by Danny whilst I was listening to the tune. How deep does the PC Music rabbit hole go? I asked Danny L Harle about the tune and got the following response:
“I wrote Aquarius as a birthday present for my girlfriend (given alongside a birdcage chandelier and Nepalese slippers), this is the reason some of the lyrics may be a bit confusing.
“The ‘Luna Remix’ was a version that Alex [A.G. Cook] from PC Music made. He wanted to play it in a set of his so he removed an embarrassing rap that I did over it about my girlfriend from it to make it a bit more accessible. He also made a sample I recorded of my cat Luna much louder in the mix (01:28) hence ‘Luna remix’. A revitalised version may be making an appearance soon.”
If that doesn’t make you adore this track even more then I guess PC Music probably isn’t for you, but congratulations on making it through this list! The rest of you, please join me in listening to all these tunes again and celebrating some of the most interesting pop mutations to have emerged from the UK in recent memory.