British rock titans Bring Me The Horizon have shared a new remix of their recent single “DiE4u”. The remix has been given the alternate title “DiE6u” and is the work of hyperpop music collective six impala. You can listen to the remix at the link below, and it is also available on all streaming services.
Sonically, six impala have completely re-invented the song, implementing frantic, distorted electronic percussion that buzzes around pitched-up, glitchy vocals; a hallmark of the genre that we have come to know as “hyperpop”. The remix comes three months after the release of the original song, which debuted on the 16th of September, peaking at number 11 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart this month. The original tune came with an accompanying music video, which can be viewed here.
The group responsible for the remix, six impala, are perhaps best described as a music collective than a band, as they operate through online collaboration. The core members of the group are Canadian electronic music producer KaTT, San Francisco based electronic musician underscores, Argentinian musician SCRIPT, Finnish musician HELVETICAN, and perhaps most interestingly NEUTRA, a vocal synthesiser voiced by an anonymous voice actor.
“DiE4u” provided fans a peek into the sound of the next instalment of the band’s ongoing POST HUMAN project, which is a series of E.Ps that started in 2020 with POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR. The E.P/mini-album is available on all streaming services.
Frontman Oli Sykes told NME in a recent interview: “The topic of the next record is going to be about how as I’m getting older, to ask what are the life lessons that I’ve learned? What can I give to the next generation or younger people looking up and listening to us? What is it that I can teach? What are the truths I need to learn and accept myself…As for the sound of it: “I come from a heavy background and rock music was my first obsession, but at the same time I’ve always loved pop music. How do we blend those two worlds completely and not just make pop-y rock music but make extreme pop music? That was the goal of this record.”
The release of the remix comes just after the announcement that Bring Me The Horizon will be headlining Reading & Leeds Festival in 2022, alongside the likes of Rage Against The Machine, Enter Shikari, Arctic Monkeys and Wolf Alice. You can read more about the Reading and Leeds line-up announcement here.
