Mexican Summer, have released a special 100th 12″ edition which feature Ford & Lopatin (Incubate 2011) + Shannon Funchess (Light Asylum) and Tamaryn. The two songs contain both Ford & Lopatin and each track has one of the two female singers, the track ‘Snakes’ is with Shannon Funchess and the second track is ‘Higher Than Air/Flying Dream’ with Tamaryn. There are only 750 vinyl copies made.

‘In ‘Higher Than Air’ gentle, filtered arpeggio pulses teem and bump up against long-form bursts of orchestral harmony. Between hanging moments of space featured vocalist Tamaryn draws us through the track’s thick layers with a hushed patience, choruses bolstered and split to ribbons by razors of emotional synthesized brass.

‘Snakes’ then unexpectedly contrasts this, beating its way out of the speakers as an erratic EBM sweat storm, rave riffs flashing in cycles over stripped down drum machines. Light Asylum’s Shannon Funchess contributes her incredible voice to the fray, grimly intoning and passionately decrying doom-laden promises before a melancholy finale.’

MEX100 – Ford & Lopatin + Shannon Funchess + Tamaryn by Mexican Summer