{"id":30528,"date":"2026-05-24T15:14:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T15:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=30528"},"modified":"2026-05-24T15:15:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T15:15:21","slug":"strange-fruit-monopolar-tom-furse-remix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2026\/05\/24\/strange-fruit-monopolar-tom-furse-remix\/","title":{"rendered":"Strange Fruit &#8211; Monopolar (Tom Furse Remix)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tom Furse, known for his work with The Horrors and MIEN, performs a hypnotic remix\u00a0of &#8220;Monopolar&#8221; for Jakarta-based dreamgaze band Strange Fruit. Furse uses his significant experience working with artists such as Depeche Mode, Tame Impala, and Franz Ferdinand to turn the original material into an atmospheric combination of shoegaze, ambient electronica, and retro-futuristic dream pop. The remix starts with fading electric acid-like sounds and a rhythmic electronic beat that slowly rises from the background. From the beginning, the audio spectrum creates a wide, reverbed\u00a0mood in which bass and guitars slowly drop into the mix with precise clarity. The acid-inspired synth sounds are present throughout the song, gently hidden (right and left)\u00a0around the stereo field, adding movement and dimension to the soundstage.The vocals add a magical and story feeling to the track, deepening its immersive character. Soon later, synth lines influenced by Gary Numan show up, providing the remix a retro-futuristic vibe that combines nostalgia with modern electronic production. The final result is a sound that is\u00a0dramatic and surreal, moving between cold technological sounds and genuine warmth. The guitars have a characteristic shoegaze sound, with ethereal melodic elements that flow easily through the mix without dominating the electronic basis. Instead of leading the arrangement, they become an integral element of the atmospheric architecture, contributing to the composition&#8217;s hypnotic flow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Monopolar (Tom Furse Remix)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BoWWiNx9r7I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strange Fruit &#8211; photo by Osman Luqman @oslqmn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/strangefruitofficial\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/strangefruitofficial<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/strangefruitofficial\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/strangefruitofficial<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/strangefruitofficial\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/strangefruitofficial<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Furse, known for his work with The Horrors and MIEN, performs a hypnotic remix\u00a0of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,5],"tags":[2383,436,5026],"class_list":["post-30528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop-rock-reviews","category-reviews","tag-electronica","tag-shoegaze","tag-strange-fruit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30530,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30528\/revisions\/30530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}