'' Inversions ''is the second
extended play
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album by
American
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rock band
The Colourist
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. Released on 28 October 2014, the album contains
remixes
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of five songs from
the eponymous debut LP from the band by recording artists such as
The Chainsmokers
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,
St. Lucia
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,
Yeasayer
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The band's thr ...
,
Magic Man
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and The Jane Doze.
Background
In early 2013, Jean-Philip Grobler (also known as St. Lucia) remixed "Little Games", the debut single from the band, which was portrayed on
Vice Media
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.
In the middle of that year,
MTV
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published the Magic Man Remix of "Yes Yes" with Baeble Music and Hellhound Music featuring The Chainsmokers remix of "Fix This" at the end of that year. Four months prior, debut EP ''
Lido
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'' was published with their debut studio album being released during the first quarter of 2014. In early October 2014, The Colourist remix of "Say You Need Me" from the LP was debuted in preparation for the release of the EP.
One month following the release of the six song production, Culture Collide debuted the video for the same song.
Critical reception
The St. Lucia remix of "Little Games" was rated as the No.1 song on
Hype Machine
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. Vice Media stated that St. Lucia "pulls a warm Balearic blanket over the original, sanding away its rough edges with bright synths and lightly gated percussion"
[ with ]Invisible Children
''Invisible Children'' is a 2006 American documentary film which depicts the human rights abuses by the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda.
Synopsis
In the spring of 2003, Jason Russell, Bobby Bailey, and Laren Poole traveled to Africa to docum ...
describing the work as "total re-imagination and made specifically for after-hour parties".[ with Ian Hays of Culture Collide describing the song as getting "an ‘80s makeover" with an "‘80s theme xtendingto the video itself".][
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Track listing
References
External links
*{{cite web, url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/inversions-mw0002772895, title=Inversions - The Colourist - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic, work=AllMusic, accessdate=15 November 2014
2014 EPs
Indie pop EPs
The Colourist albums