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Here's the schedule for The Cure's NTS takeover today. Times shown here are US central.
Starts at noon BST.
US start times are 7am eastern, 6am central, 5am mountain, 4am pacific 1am in Hawaii.
Check the schedule page for the times where you are.
https://www.nts.live/schedule
From Billboard:
Robert Smith Says Daybreakers’ Remix of The Cure’s ‘Warsong’ Has ‘A Real Sense of Drama’: Listen
By Katie Bain
A collection of remixes of The Cure’s 2024 album Songs of a Lost World is out Friday (June 13), and ahead of the release, electronic duo Daybreakers is exclusively sharing their edit of the group’s “Warsong” from the project.
In Daybreakers’ hands, the steady, heavy, four minute and 17 second original becomes more than six minutes of hypnotic synth and muscular basslines, with a long build releasing into sped up of vocals from The Cure frontman Robert Smith and the entire edit containing the same sense of mystique and style of the legendary U.K. band is known for.
“As long time fans of The Cure, we had always wanted to do a project with them, and via our mutual friend and legendary producer, Mark Saunders, the opportunity arose when Robert got in touch to discuss our interest in doing a remix,” the duo tell Billboard in a joint statement.
Made up of producers Ric Scott and Alex Hush, Daybreakers previous work includes remixes of U2’s “Love Is Bigger Than Anything In It’s Way” and Madonna’s “I Rise.” “I Rise” hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Dance Club Songs chart in Aug. 2019, aided by a package of remixes from artists including Daybreakers, Tracy Young, DJLW, Kue and Offer Nissim. “Love Is Bigger Than Anything In It’s Way” also hit No. 1 on this same chart in July of 2018 on the power of a remix collection that Daybreakers was a part of.
Scott and Hush’s first work together was a 2020 edit of Erasure’s “Hey Now (Think I Got A Feeling)” after which they decided to make Daybreakers an ongoing project.
As Mixes of a Lost World project came to life, Smith offered Daybreakers two tracks to choose from, one of them being ‘Warsong” which the pair say “really lent itself to something that we could incorporate our sound with. The song has a conflicted sadness to it but at the same time, we knew we could really make it work with a dance vibe.”
Daybreakers remix of “Warsong” has a real sense of drama,” Smith tells Billboard. “The breakdowns are simple, but far-out, and the vibe is cool, but urgent. It is one of my favorites on the [remix] album.”
Mixes of a Lost World will also feature edits by Four Tet, Orbital, Trentemøller, Chino Moreno, Paul Oakenfold and more. The project is out June 13 via Fiction/Capitol Records. In a statement made when the project was announced, Smith said that The Cure “has a colorful history with all kinds of dance music, and I was curious as to how the whole album would sound entirely reinterpreted by others.”
“To be chosen to do a remix is a great honor and we are thrilled with how much Robert likes the remix and we hope others do as well,” Daybreakers add. “Being included on the remix album alongside such a great variety of talented artists and producers is a huge privilege. Additionally, with all of The Cure’s recording royalties being donated to the WarChild UK charity, it really is for a wonderful cause.”
From Far Out:
The Cure – ‘Mixes of a Lost World’ album review: A rhythmic expansion of the dark realm
Kelly Scanlon
When Robert Smith started receiving an influx of Songs of a Lost World remixes, he felt his world expanding. The Cure have always been prominent (and limitless) world-builders, but what about how these worlds are seen from the other side? What about when we’re let into the side of the Cure that they have no control over, the side entirely reinterpreted by those observing from the sidelines?
The beauty of Songs of a Lost World wasn’t that it proved the Cure still had it; it was all gorgeous hues of the band’s consistent sense of foreboding, the unveiling of impending finality that never revealed itself with enough clarity to know if it was actually real or imagined. This is where Lost World picks up, entrenched in the haze of the ambiguity that never fails to pull us into its rapture, acknowledging the familiarity without feeling too close to a shadow of its former self.
And through that seemingly endless journey of cloaked self-discovery, staring at blood-red moons, wondering “how I got so old”, Smith basked in the fatal beauty of presenting more questions than answers, thriving on vulnerability and suffering while spotlighting the most intricate experiences and feelings along the way. It’s immersive, but in a way that feels grittier in its own darkness, like finding meaning in the trenches of having absolutely nothing (“It’s all gone / No hopes, no dreams, no world”).
As such, a full, complete project like Lost World feels without the need for any kind of expansion, but we all know that finality hasn’t always been Smith’s strong suit. Ever the master of toying with incomplete albums, runtimes and the setbacks of getting it all wrong, Mixes of a Lost World feels like an entirely expected step, one that highlights all of Lost World‘s lost words in technicolour, storyboarding Smith’s inner mind with the freedom of unrestricted conventions.
And that means meandering the depths of the different parameters of dance music, giving Lost World a kind of intensified viscera that ventures beyond the walls of the source material. As Smith explained: “Just after Christmas, I was sent a couple of unsolicited remixes of Songs of a Lost World tracks and I really loved them. The Cure has a colourful history with all kinds of dance music, and I was curious as to how the whole album would sound entirely reinterpreted by others.”
Notable highlights are the ones that dramatise the original or heighten that sweet spot where the familiar foreboding comes to the shore, like Paul Oakenfold’s ‘Cinematic’ Remix of ‘I Can Never Say Goodbye’, alongside the Orbital Remix of ‘Endsong’. The Twilight Sad Remix of ‘A Fragile Thing’ also gives it an inexplicably retro feel, while Mogwai’s ‘Endsong’ comes in like a storm, unforgiving, powerful from start to finish.
These 24 new versions hold their own as standalone and broader pieces to the puzzle, offering insight into new, previously undiscovered edges to Lost World, ones that offer more in the instrumental segments and the way they compound attention over Smith’s lyrics. Though these new elements rarely come close to the instrumental magic the Cure has already mastered, they certainly offer new avenues for exploration, letting you fester in those ambiguous realms for just a little bit longer.
Perhaps the star here is actually Deftones’ Chino Moreno’s take on ‘Warsong’, not just because of how much darker his composition makes the track feel but also because its added rhythmic cadences and pulsating notes drill in the meaningful urgency behind the track, giving it a more open relevance to today’s political climate and all the ways human conflict is tearing it down, detectable in the understated afflictions alone.
Just like the source material, these undeniable strokes of melancholy also give it an additional sense of vibrancy, taking the band’s original motifs without trying to turn them into something different, something far away from what makes them so great in the first place. Perhaps that’s the real beauty of Mixes; it takes what’s already there and enhances it, giving it more means for possibility beyond the world we’re already familiar with.
The Cure take over NTS tomorrow.
tune in from noon until 5pm BST for radio contributions by Robert Smith, Cosmodelica, Daniel Avery, Mogwai, Shanti Celeste & The Twilight Sad
From Sonic Boom (Toronto):
The Cure Dance Party Alert & Acetate Raffle!
This Saturday June 14 from 1-3pm
Release Playback event with Guest DJ Prince Josh
The Cure 'Mixes Of A Lost World'
Pick up your copy of 'Mixes Of A Lost World' and get a Cure Litho or Tote Bag with purchase (while quantiles last)
ALSO !! At the event there will be a raffle for the Exclusive MOALW Acetate with all proceeds going to War Child!
It is one of only of 24 produced WORLDWIDE! Details and contesting available in store only.
From Worth Playing:
'Mixtape' is a coming-of-age action adventure game built around the patchwork joy and emotional power of mixtapes.
'Mixtape' will feature music from iconic artists like The Cure, DEVO, Lush, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Joy Division, and many more.
To celebrate the release of The Cure's 'Mixes Of A Lost World', audio fragments from the album have been pressed to vinyl acetate.
We were one of a small number of very lucky independent records shops to be nominated by the remix artists to receive one!
The Acetate was played on request for a week in the store so has some play wear.
If you want to get your hands on this extremely rare piece of The Cure memorabilia, we're running a charity raffle on our website.
You have until 12pm (midday) Monday 9th June to enter. We will then draw a winner and notify them via email by the end of that day.
Tickets cost €10 and all the donations will go to War Child Charity. You can purchase as many entries as you like from our website, link in bio. 1 ticket = 1 entry. The more you buy the greater the chance! Remember ALL proceeds go to charity!!!!
Good Luck!
Win our Mixes of A Lost World acetate. One of only 24 in existence. All proceeds go to War Child UK.
You can now purchase a lottery ticket to win this extremely unique acetate LP.
There is no limit to the number of lottery tickets you can buy. The more tickets you buy, the more your name will be entered in the draw!
You can enter the lottery up until June 12th 2025. We'll draw a winner June 13th, official release date of the full Mixes Of A Lost World.
https://www.musicmaniarecords.be/166-the-cure/19734-mixes-of-a-lost-world-acetate-lottery-ticket
Up for grabs! Thank you so much to the fans who came out to listen to The Cure's "Mixes of a Lost World" acetate! We were incredibly honored to be one of just 24 record stores in the world to receive this exclusive piece. Starting today, we are auctioning it off with 100% of the proceeds going to War Child, which supports children living in conflict zones. You've got one week to bid to take home this super rare, one-of-a-kind collectible from The Cure
🎟️🎟️🎟️THE TIME HAS COME🎟️🎟️🎟️
THE MOALW ACETATE CHARITY RAFFLE IS UPON US
As one of only 24 record shops in the WORLD to be sent this precious disc we have had the pleasure of playing it to you all this month but the time has come for it to find a new home…
COULD IT BE YOURS?!
To be in with a chance of winning this piece of EXTREMELY RARE Cure memorabilia you will need to purchase a raffle ticket from us in-store or by calling 0131 228 1000.
🎟️Tickets are £5 each
🎟️No limit to how many tickets you can buy so get as much you like to increase your chances of winning
🎟️100% of your £5 goes to War child
🎟️The winning ticket will be randomly selected from Jake’s wee Cure ticket box and announced on MOALW release day, Fri 13th June
🎟️The acetate can ONLY be collected from Thorne Records in Edinburgh. IT WILL NOT BE POSTED
With news this week that 93% of children in Gaza are at immediate risk of famine, War Child need our money more than ever
Thorne Records will donate £100 to the final raffle total
Best of luck everyone x
The time has come.
You can win our Mixes Of A Lost World acetate from The Cure. All proceeds go to War Child UK. Buy as many tickets as you like.
It's been incredible to be involved, thank you to The Cure, their team + the artists who nominated us.
https://monorailmusic.com/product/mixes-of-a-lost-world-acetate-raffle-ticket/
RAFFLE NOW LIVE! ✨
@thecure.com Mixes Of A Lost World
SUPER LTD ACETATE
ONLY 24 EXIST!
ENTER OUR RAFFLE NOW FOR A CHANCE TO WIN🎁
100% OF PROCEEDS TO @warchilduk.bsky.social
❤️ @danielmarkavery.bsky.social for nominating the store❤️
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