Music — Consumed
2018 · St. Vincent, Nina Kraviz
MASSEDUCTION Rewired
Kraviz takes St. Vincent's sharp, anxious pop and runs it through her signature aesthetic: sparse, looping, psychedelic techno that foregrounds repetition and space. Where the original MASSEDUCTION leaned into maximal production and Annie Clark's guitar work, this remix strips everything to skeletal drum patterns and warped vocal samples, letting the bones of the songs reveal themselves in new ways.
What makes this compelling is how Kraviz doesn't try to preserve the original's energy. She slows things down, creates negative space, and lets tension build through restraint rather than release. The vocals become texture rather than narrative, looped and pitched until they're almost unrecognizable. It's a study in how pop songs can be deconstructed into pure rhythm and atmosphere.
This sits at the intersection of two worlds that don't often collide: art-pop guitar music and cerebral European techno. Kraviz proves the songs work in a completely different context, that their core DNA translates to the club. It's a reminder that good songwriting can survive radical reinterpretation.