Heavenly Remixes 3 Andrew Weatherall Volume 1 Vinyl LP 2022
1. The World According To Sly & Lovechild (Soul Of Europe Mix) - Sly & Lovechild
2. Beehive (Andrew Weatherall dub) - Mark Lanegan
3. Weekender (Audrey Is A Little Bit More Partial Mix) - Flowered Up
4. Chwyldro (Andrew Weatherall remix) - Gwenno
5. Only Love Can Break Your Heart (A Mix of Two Halves) - Saint Etienne
6. Bubblegum (Andrew Weatherall remix) - Confidence Man
7. Conquistador (Sabres Of Paradise No. 3 Mix) - Espiritu
8. Sugar Tastes Like Salt (Andrew Weatherall Tastes Like Dub Mix Pt. 1 - Live Bass) - The Orielles
Andrew Weatherall was Heavenly’s first true friend. By the time the label was born in the spring of 1990, he was already an inspirational sounding board, as well as a fellow traveller on the bright new road that stretched out ahead thanks to the massive cultural liberation of acid house. Back then, every energised meeting could be turned into a fortuitous opportunity in this burgeoning new underground economy. Bored of your job? Start playing records out! Start a club night! Get in the studio! Start a label! Just don’t stand still. Andrew would follow two of those commandments for the rest of his life, and he’d have a hand in the others at various points as well.
Andrew’s mix of that first Heavenly record is very much a product of its time. The World According To Sly and Lovechild is a swirling bass punch topped with a hypnotic marimba line and the kind of ecstatic diva vocal that you’d hear coming out of the speakers all night at post-Shoom clubs like Yellow Book. His take on the label’s next release — Saint Etienne’s Only Love Can Break Your Heart (A Mix of Two Halves) — would set the template for his next three decades of audio exploration. A drawn-out imperial dub, the track builds and builds with a moody intensity (partly down to the melodica played by Weather Prophets legend Pete Astor) that’s far more Kingston JA at dusk than Kingston-upon-Thames at kicking out time. It’s both a dancefloor record to get lost in and headphone psychedelia of the highest order — a perfect example of what he did better than anyone else.