Madeon remixes Ninajirachi’s ‘iPod Touch’, his first in over a decade, out now via NLV Records
PRAISE FOR Ninajirachi
“Moving between EDM, tech-house, speed garage, dubstep, and hyperpop, producer Nina Wilson presents an aggressively stimulating, distinctly Australian look at life online”
“This is a generational talent that everyone has taken notice of”
“...an immensely fun and inventive dance album that doubles as a surprisingly touching coming-of-age story from one of Australia’s minted electronic exports”
“Ninajirachi, aka Nina Wilson, has become one of Australia’s most innovative and influential electronic artists”
“It's like music you've never heard before”
“Ninajirachi is a crown jewel of Australia’s dance scene”
“It's not just Nina giving us a self-portrait of sorts, but also a commentary on what it is to grow up as a person in an age of technology… it is a versatile one from a producer using her chops to not just pull together banging beats, but a narrative, too”
“Between thrillingly kinetic bangers – like the pummelling ‘CSIRAC’, named for Australia’s first digital computer, and the unabashedly dubsteppy ‘Battery Death’ – the album looks back on the 25-year-old’s musical journey through her relationship with one of her most enduring partners and collaborators: her computer”
“Much like its maker, the 12-track project is smart, stylish and ebullient, with a bit of edge and a lot of observations on living and loving in our computer world”
“Club music at its most unabashedly online, which, as we’ll see, ironically makes it all the more real”
‘iPod Touch (Madeon Remix)’ is out now via NLV Records, buy/stream it HERE.
NINAJIRACHI TOUR DATES
Sat 5 Sep – triple j’s One Night Stand – Griffith/Wiradjuri AU
Wed 16 Sep – Commodore Ballroom w/ MGNA Crrrta – Vancouver BC
Thu 17 Sep – Commodore Ballroom w/ MGNA Crrrta – Vancouver BC
Sat 19 Sep – Ogden Theatre w/ MGNA Crrrta – Denver CO *SOLD OUT*
Sun 20 Sep – Reelworks w/ MGNA Crrrta – Denver CI
Tue 22 Sep – KEMBA Live! w/ MGNA Crrrta – Columbus OH
Thu 24 Sep – Stage AE w/ MGNA Crrrta – Pittsburgh PA
Fri 25 Sep – All Things Go DC – Washington DC
Sun 27 Sep – Portola Music Festival – San Francisco CA
Tue 29 Sep – Royale w/ MGNA Crrrta – Boston MA
Wed 30 Sep – Royale w/ MGNA Crrrta – Boston MA *SOLD OUT*
Fri 2 Oct – Franklin Music Hall w/ MGNA Crrrta – Philadelphia PA *SOLD OUT*
Sat 3 Oct – Brooklyn Steel w/ MGNA Crrrta – Brooklyn NY *SOLD OUT*
Sun 4 Oct – Brooklyn Steel w/ MGNA Crrrta – Brooklyn NY *SOLD OUT*
Fri 9 Oct – Brisbane Entertainment Centre – Meanjin/Brisbane~ *LIMITED TIX AVAIL*
Sat 10 Oct – Brisbane Entertainment Centre – Meanjin/Brisbane~ *LIMITED TIX AVAIL*
Sun 11 Oct – Brisbane Entertainment Centre – Meanjin/Brisbane~ *LIMITED TIX AVAIL*
Wed 14 Oct – Rod Laver Arena – Naarm/Melbourne~ *LIMITED TIX AVAIL*
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Sat 24 Oct – RAC Arena – Boorloo/Perth~ *LIMITED TIX AVAIL*
Sun 25 Oct – RAC Arena – Boorloo/Perth~ *LIMITED TIX AVAIL*
Wed 11 Nov – The Fonda Theatre w/ MGNA Crrrta – Los Angeles CA *SOLD OUT*
Thu 12 Nov – The Fonda Theatre w/ MGNA Crrrta – Los Angeles CA *SOLD OUT*
Fri 13 Nov – The Fonda Theatre w/ MGNA Crrrta – Los Angeles CA *SOLD OUT*
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Sun 22 Nov – Corona Capital – Mexico City Mexico
Thu 31 Dec – Fair Park Coliseum – Dallas TX
~supporting Tame Impala
Marking just over one year since the release of Ninajirachi’s acclaimed I Love My Computer, today, she unveils a brand new remix of ‘iPod Touch’ from visionary French producer, singer, and songwriter Madeon out now via NLV Records. LISTEN HERE + WATCH HERE.
Following the release of her single ‘WannaCry’ with Porter Robinson last month, Ninajirachi continues her streak of full-circle collaborations with Madeon’s remix of ‘iPod Touch’ that comes after years of mutual fandom and adoration. Reimagining the original single – praised by The Needle Drop as a “synthy, very retro-futuristic Y2K aesthetic house cut which features a lot of hypnotic and idyllic grooves” – Madeon creates a cinematic rendition that is full of big, bright synths and characterised by the golden age of EDM that is a true form throughout each artists’ back catalogues.
Of the remix, Ninajirachi shares, “I didn’t really want to release an iPod Touch remix until I could do it with someone whose music I was writing about in the song. I’m really sentimental about it and just wanted it to mean something. I heard Madeon’s earliest music in the background of a tie-dye denim shorts tutorial on YouTube when I was in year 7 and fell down a rabbit hole. We met at Coachella this year, and he asked me to be there for his set, but I didn’t know he was going to play an edit of the song. It was earnestly a surprise. Music is so awesome. Everything made sense when I heard his verse on the remix, like of course, he went through the same revelation a generation before I did. Everyone who loves anything has been through this. It’s so amazing. I feel so lucky to experience it and have this remix exist.”
WATCH: ‘iPod Touch (Madeon Remix)’ (Official Visualiser)
Following a mash-up of ‘iPod Touch’ with his own ‘Technicolour‘ at Coachella and teased at NYC’s Zedd On The Park earlier this month, Madeon’s rework of ‘iPod Touch’ marks his first official remix in over a decade. With the original track perpetually influenced by Ninajirachi’s regional New South Wales upbringing that captures a time in world-building, Madeon adds a verse into the remix that details his own formative memories of discovering music.
“I haven’t done an official remix since 2012, and I wasn’t sure I ever would again… But iPod Touch is one of my favourite dance tracks in recent memory. After hearing Nina talk in an interview about how my early music inspired it, I was incredibly touched,” Madeon reveals. “I decided to add my own verse talking about my own childhood memories of discovering the music that would change my life. Right now Nina is inspiring another generation of young artists. This remix is a celebration of the power of transmission.”
Hugo Leclercq, the Grammy-nominated musician known as Madeon, first appeared to many as something like a teenaged fireball. In 2011, his frantic yet perfectly sculptural ‘Pop Culture’ famously sampled 39 hits, live, from Daft Punk to Solange, instantly propelling the then-17-year-old to the international stage. In the time since, he has received his first Grammy nomination for his album, Good Faith, worked with Lady Gaga on her hit single ‘911’ from Chromatica and collaborated with everyone from Coldplay and Ellie Goulding to Muse and Deadmau5. Leclercq’s new record, Victory, is a masterpiece that brings a fresh punk, rock gritty energy into his electronic expertise. Madeon’s talents are across the board with writing, producing and performing: a triple threat.
In the year since Ninajirachi’s acclaimed debut, I Love My Computer has been emphatically praised as a generational album locally and abroad. Released via NLV Records, Ninajirachi’s boundary-pushing, culturally resonant record continues to be uplifted as a defining shift in the contemporary music landscape and Nina culturally, as a leader reshaping the role of female and non-binary artists in her genre. The record set a benchmark for the future of Australian electronic music, with the latest iteration of her Dark Crystal live series selling out her largest Australian headline rooms yet months in advance. I Love My Computer has fostered a year of many firsts for Ninajirachi, from her debut at Coachella to stages shared with PinkPantheress, underscores, and Oklou off the back of her multiple ARIA, Australian Music Prize, NSW Music Prize, J Award and AIR Award wins. No longer is hers a song “nobody knows”.
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