Enter Shikari’s Rou Reynolds talks Pendulum’s “killer” remix of ‘Sorry You’re Not A Winner’
29.08.2022 - 20:03
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Enter Shikari’s Rou Reynolds caught up with NME backstage at Reading 2022, telling us about Pendulum’s remix of their 2007 song ‘Sorry You’re Not A Winner’ and giving an update on new music. Watch our video with Reynolds above.Earlier over the weekend (Saturday August 27), Reynolds joined Pendulum on-stage during their secret set at Reading.
Ahead of the show, the frontman told NME how the collaboration came about.“Gareth [McGrillen] and Rob [Swire] just got in touch and basically said that they’re thinking about doing a remix of ‘Sorry You’re Not A Winner’, and I was like ‘okay sick!’, what a surreal message to get,” Reynolds explained. “They sent it over, and there’s a lot of different demo changes in that track so I was like ‘this is so interesting, what are they going to do with it?’ And it’s so good.
It’s killer.”Speaking about rehearsing the tune together, Reynolds added: “Because sub-bass works better at certain frequencies they’ve had to raise the key of track. And you know, this track came out in 2007, I wrote it in 2003, so I could perhaps reach those high notes a little better, and they’ve raised it another tone, tone and a half, so it’s up there.“So I’m hoping I have some vocal chords left after our own set to destroy with Pendulum.”Reynolds needn’t have worried, though, as his on-stage moment with the band was electrifying.He also gave NME an update on new Enter Shikari music.
Last month, the band released their first single in almost three years in the form of Wargasm collaboration ‘The Void Stares Back‘.“We’ve been writing all summer, just trying to get things done and sort out a schedule on how we’re going to move forward, but this is the first new track for a good few years,” Reynolds explained. “I
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