It's been 30 years since the Trainspotting movie was released onto a largely unsuspecting public. Based on the cult novel by Irvine Welsh, the film was an award-winning film directed by Danny Boyle, which became a smash hit on release, propelling 'Born Slippy' by Underworld high into the charts and making household names of its reprobate characters Begbie, Renton, Spud and Sick Boy.
Last year, Irvine wrote the immediate sequel to the Trainspotting book, Men In Love, and also, uniquely, wrote a disco album in cahoots with the Sci-Fi Soul Orchestra to accompany its release.
Irvine talked about the book and the album across all manner of media - from interviews on Chris Hawkins and Craig Charles's BBC 6Music shows to appearances on Channel Four's Sunday Brunch, BBC
Radio Four, BBC News, the Guardian podcast and many more.
Meanwhile, pieces appeared in numerous publications, including JustAWeeMusicBlog, The Face, NME, Rolling Stone, The Independent, The Scotsman, The Telegraph, The
Times, and many more. Irvine also went on a UK tour to promote the book and album simultaneously, participating in Q&As in bookshops, record shops, and the like, and hosting launch parties in
cities such as London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Brighton, and Liverpool. The book apparently hit the bestseller lists, while the album shot to No. 3 on the Independent Album Breakers Chart, No.
28 on the Independent Albums Chart, and No. 72 on the Physical Albums Chart.
Tracks have been played on the radio numerous times and have had fantastic positive responses from much of the DJ fraternity. Remixes have already come from Rob Davy, Nick Reach-Up vs Steve Mac
and Greg Wilson, and now it's time for the next set of reimaginings.
London-based Hilit Kolet seems to channel Danny Tenaglia wandering into Moodymann territory on her overhaul of 'Dreams'. A discursive, deep-underground track, it makes judicious use of the
track's title and some wailing from singer Louise Marshall as it powers along with some typical New York sleaze. Hilit has had some of her remixes officially released by artists such as Laurent Garnier and Basement Jaxx.
Brighton techno aficionados Black Octopus also rise to the occasion for their overhaul of 'Love At Last', a bouncy bassline propelling their dreamy, floaty technoid reinterpretation into deep melodic territory.
And Renude19 & Alex Ball turn in a low-slung chugger for their remix of 'Dreams', one of the most luxuriant tracks on the album. Calling on chiming synth and a dubbed-out bassline, they produce a mid-paced groover.
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