Artist: Animat
Title:
The Last Man
Label:
Disco Gecko
Released:
9th
November
Animat
specialise in developing and performing new soundtracks to existing
cult films, and have played live at cinemas, festivals and other
venues throughout the U.K.
This
November they are revisiting their soundtrack to the 1964
post-apocalyptic horror fantasy ‘The Last Man On Earth’ which
stars Vincent Price as scientist Robert Morgan, the one man
apparently immune to a virus that has killed 90% of the earth’s
population and transformed the survivors into vampire-like creatures.
Originally
toured in 2011, the film inspired the album ‘Imaging Ghosts’,
first released by Big Chill Recordings, and this collection brings
together the highlights from that album together with exclusive new
re-workings plus remixes from Deep Dive Corp, DF Tram, The Verbrilli
Sound and Disco Gecko’s own Andrew Heath.
As
a fan of Vincent Price, this film and partial to Animat’s
productions this was of instant interest to me. I
found myself
eager to hear the results and
slightly sad I hadn’t witnessed the audio/visual experience.
Beginning with ‘Ghost People’ a dub reggae
tinged piece of electronica,
that embraces a bit of warmth amongst the colder passages along
with a touch of electric guitar. This is followed by the Forest Fires
mix of ‘September Falls’ which doesn’t alter the mood too much
with plenty of dubbed out guitar licks. The
Only Seen At Night mix of ‘Throwing Shapes’ grips
me instantly with a Vincent Price vocal sample running over the bass
guitar. The piece soothes
out before sequences are slowly added that expertly build back to the
bass guitar before dropping off again. My attention is retained with
‘Gogo’s Dub’ a mellow piece of dubbed out electronica
containing some wonderful harmonic voices.
Vincent’s
distinctive voice is utilised alongside
mellow dubbed out electronica once
again, with the 2018 Revamp of ‘International Frequency’. By
this point I’m beginning
to imagine how this soundtrack works
with the movie. The
next piece Verbrillis Windy Accumulation Mix of ‘A Promise of Snow’
maintains a similar vibe with a slightly more atmospheric vibe as you
probably gathered from the title. By now I’ve reached the first of
the guest re-mixes with Deep Dive Corp’s take on ‘Ghost People’
which is subtly done, a little more heavy on the drums and
a touch of reverb adding to the groove.
Andrew
Heaths re-mix of ‘Throwing Shapes’ omits the Vincent Price
samples and instead tinkers on the ivories, this gives a whole new
feel to the piece and personally I love them both. Next on the agenda
is the DF Tram & Future B.C. re-mix of ‘Gogo’s Dub’ where
the vocal samples are twisted and chopped and the fx bubble away
nicely. Finally to see us out is The Only Michael’s Ambient Mix of
‘Earplay’ where ambient
strings give way to dubbed out sequences only to return for the
finale.
Review
by Woodzee
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