The Lamacq Live Ash Song Download
Nov 19 2000

This is where you can download the new Ash recording
'Warmer than Fire'

Tim Wheeler wrote it with Session featured band Little Hell

The real Ash comback single will be in the New Year... in the meantime this track is not going to be in the shops...

It's only available as a download...

You can both listen online and you can DOWNLOAD THE SONG (MP3 - 2.9Mb)

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Steve Lamacq, as you may remembered have remixed "Statuesque", from the single of Statuesque CD 2.

Statuesque (The Boxed Off Mix)
(L.Wener)
Remixed by Steve Lamacq
Engineered by Fulton Dingly

Louise Wener (Sleeper frontwoman who's never short of a few words.) "I really like it - it's odd, it's quirky. It's very him. And I'm glad, because it's very nerve-wracking when you get someone to do a remix. What do you say if you don't like it ? well does Steve. Yes, I definitely think he should do more remixes."

Steve Lamacq (Evening Session DJ and Select columnist.) "Martin Carr was originally going to do it but he was too busy, so I stopped in as a late substitute. I'd never done anything like this before, so I went into the studio for 12 hours and it scared the life out of me. All you need is a vague plot before you arrive and tons of ideas and you don't really go too far wrong. "Still, I am very bloody pleased with it."

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Kris Needs
(Secret Knowledge honcho, esteemed remixer.)
"As far as Sleeper are concerned, it's just Blondie, jumping around on the spot, harmless indie fodder. At least Steve's trying to inject some sleazy action in there with his mix, but it sounds too much like Opus III's 'It's a Fine Day'. You might get away from playing it at the Heavenly Social but for most clubs it's not going to get a look in. mind you, if you're given a cheesy non-song it's difficult to come up with a dance monster."
Steve: 5/10

Richard James
(Aphex Twin. Remix CV includes Lemonheads, Saint Etienne and, more recently Mike Flowers.)
"Steve Lamacq, who is he? Oh right, a DJ. Nah, don't like it. I'm not sure what he's trying to do but it sounds pretty unprofessional. He hasn't created anything, just thrown a few things around and gets no marks for originality."
Steve: 1/10

Justin Robertson
(Withington-resident, Sherlock Holmes nut. Has remixed Bjork, Happy Mondays etc.)
"The Sleeper original is just a piss-poor Blondie out-take - pretty appalling. If it was me I would have ditched them completely and totally done the song from scratch. It's not ham-fisted and it has its moments, but Steve probably likes them too much to destroy the track, which is the only way to treat it."
Steve: 2/10 ("But it's not really his fault.")

Dave Clarke
Taut techno DJ, has reworked The Chemical Brothers, Inner City and the Mission: Impossible theme to eminently largin' effect.)
"That Lamacq remix reminded me of an early Weatherall mix with Zion Traintype reverberation on the voice - very dubby. To be honest, I prefer the original and that's not saying much."
Steve: 4/10

David Holmes
(Cinematic dancescape-dealer. Mixes include St Etinne, System 7 and Monkey Mafia.)
"That Lamacq mix... I like the way he's put the funk back into the track. Considering it's his first remix he's done really well with the way the beats work and stuff. It's just that I can't stand the original and there's no getting away from that."
Steve: 7/10

Alex Reece
(Cocktail-hour drum 'n' bass peddler)
"That Sleeper song is atrocious and that remix is weird to say the least. I don't know whether Steve's trying to be a dancefloor with his breakbeats and heavy bass or what, but it's a strange one. It's like a remix I'd do, where you sack most of the vocals and write a brand-new track. The track's definitely not shit. He's made Sleeper listenable, which is to be applauded."