We're releasing an album of ARISE Remixes on Fuzz Club on 5 February 2027.
The first single, remixed by Barry Burns of Mogwai, is OUT NOW.
When we recorded ARISE with AL LOVER and producer Tony Doogan, we made a creative decision that AL would add his ingredients to the recipe, but we wanted to keep the feel of the band playing together during the original studio sessions.
For the remix album, we removed those boundaries.
We handed the tracks over to some of our friends and favourite musicians from Scotland, England, Sweden, Germany and the United States, and told them to go nuts. Pull them apart, put their own stamp on them and take them somewhere completely different.
It's a pretty extraordinary collection of people for us to have involved in a Helicon record.
Barry Burns (Mogwai), Alex Maas (The Black Angels), Chris Geddes (Belle & Sebastian), Mark Gardener (Ride), Man of Moon, The Janitors and D-Ross all appear on the 7-track vinyl record, with more contributions on the 14-track digital edition from Acid Rooster, Lauren Andino (Tremours), Declan Welsh, AL LOVER and a brand new song from HELICON x AL LOVER.
WE SOUND LIKE HELICON
Following screenings at Kendal Calling, Manchester Psych Fest, King Tut’s Glasgow, Kozfest, Strongroom London and Hot Box Chelmsford, our short documentary We Sound Like Helicon is now available to watch on our YouTube channel.
Filmed by James Ewen during the making of ARISE, it follows HELICON and AL LOVER through home demos, rehearsals, studio sessions and live performances, becoming a film about psychedelia, creative collaboration and what happens when different musical worlds come together to make something neither could have made alone.