- Something tells me that it's simply the pleasant little synth line in "Community Vision" that's got it rolling around in my head incessantly over the past week, but sometimes that's enough. While Alison Marks charts her love of electronic music all the way back to Castlemorton, it's safe to say her music is bitten by the tech house bug: "Community Vision" crackles with Ableton sound design, but is guided by rounded beats and a healthy love of melody.
Comparisons to someone like M.I.A.—Sub Static, not XL—are unavoidable, but that may be down to the fact that both use emotionless vocals to temper the emotionality present in the music. Dub Kult mines that contrast for all its worth in his remix, pitting the two against one another in a solid if unmemorable remix whose biggest moment comes from a wet repeating synth that punctuates things. Alex Arnout, on the other hand, brings things down to smolder for ten minutes, content with open spaces and a slow build to no real end. To be honest, I'm content with it too.
For the digital fans in the crowd, Johnny Arthur turns up with a suitably non-descript take which checks off the "driving" and "tech house" boxes and doesn't seem to concern itself with much else. Complaints could be made, I suppose, but each remix features that aforementioned melody, and you certainly can't blame them for that. Hooks like this one are hard to ignore.
Tracklist A1 Community Vision (original)
A2 Community Vision (dub Kult remix)
B1 Community Vision (Alex Arnout remix)
Digital Exclusive
01 Community Vision (Johnny Arthur remix)