Listen: Robert Smith Remixes Ride’s ‘Vapour Trail’

Ashton Rowntree — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 19:53:47 +0000

The Cure’s Robert Smith has remixed Ride’s ‘Vapour Trail’ to coincide with the 25th anniversary reissue of their debut album ‘Nowhere’. The remix will not appear on the album but will be released as double A side along with a second remix of ‘Vapour Trail’ by Robert Smith in a single entitled ‘Vapour Trail – Disintegrated’.

The Cure frontman is a long-term friend of the 90s Shoegaze band, with the oxford band having supported The Cure at the Great British Weekend event in 1991. He is especially a fan of Ride’s ‘Vapour Trail’, having commented in the documentary ‘Beautiful Noise’ that “I instantly remember songs like ‘Vapour Trail’… it’s one of the best 15 second intros of all time!”

It is unsurprising then that both his takes on ‘Vapour Trail’ include an extended introduction. Otherwise the remixes doesn’t deviate too far from the tone of the original, instead they add a somewhat ‘Disintegrated’ era flavour to them. you can hear them both below:

Ride will also be touring the UK for the anniversary of ‘Nowhere’ in october, playing the album in full for the first time.

Ride guitarist Andy Bell spoke of the upcoming tour, saying:”I’m so excited about playing ‘Nowhere’ in full… I didn’t realise how few times we’d actually played most of the songs. And of course we have never played the album in its original track order before.

“All in all, it’s a big deal to us, and we haven’t been certain we could pull it off until now. We as a band are so proud of the album and we are aware that fans have been campaigning for us to perform it in full on this tour but it’s only now that we are sure we can do the album justice.”

You can catch Ride Playing Nowhere in full at:

10/11 – Leeds O2 Academy
10/12 – Norwich UEA
10/14 – London O2 Academy Brixton
10/15 – Liverpool O2 Academy
10/17 – Bristol Anson Rooms
10/18 – Newcastle O2 Academy
10/19 – Edinburgh Corn Exchange
10/21 – Nottingham Rock City
10/22 – Birmingham Institute

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Listen: Robert Smith Remixes Ride’s ‘Vapour Trail’