Mochakk Places Balmy Spin on PinkPantheress’ “Noises”
The Brazilian tastemaker adds an airy ambiance to the UK starlet's frenzied original ahead of his sold-out headline show on Hollywood Boulevard.
Rachel Narozniak
Mochakk’s already big year swells with his slinky, unhurried interpretation of PinkPantheress’ “Noises,” from her May mixtape, Fancy That. The Brazilian talent takes his time stoking the groove but carries it steadily from the first second through, yes, the six-minute 32-second mark. It just might be the longest track to bear the name of the UK songstress, whose nifty, succinct work reliably clocks in under three minutes (and in the case of “Noises,” one minute and 44 seconds).
The producer further shakes up the song by slightly pitching down Pink's vocals and tempering the breakbeat-mediated frenzy of the original, yielding a lulling house-centric take that soothes rather than stirs. Listen below.
"When I was producing this track, I saw it as a conversation between my sound and PinkPantheress’s vocals and rhythms from the original. ‘Noises’ gave me the perfect playground to explore all these new textures and directions. I think fans will hear something they recognize but also walk away with moments they didn’t expect, and those surprises are exactly what I love to bring into a remix,” says Mochakk.
His mellow spin arrives in between career benchmarks. September marked the first anniversary of his OBLIQO nightclub, celebrated with a one-day festival in his native Brazil. The beginning of October brought the Sydney debut of his celebrated Mochakk Calling series, as part of its first-ever Australian tour. And in just over a month, he’ll set foot on Hollywood Boulevard for his sold-out, 10,000-person headline show in Los Angeles. Momentum, clearly, is on Mochakk’s side.
“Noises + Mochakk” is out now via Warner Records. Buy it on Beatport.
