Alternate Forms

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Alternate Forms
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Remix album by
ReleasedAugust 11, 2023 (2023-08-11)
Label Joyful Noise Recordings

Alternate Forms is a 9-track remix record of the 2013 Son Lux breakthrough album, Lanterns . [1] It was released on August 11, 2023 by Joyful Noise Recordings, [2] and features experimental artists such as Sen Morimoto, Kishi Bashi and Sound of Ceres. [3] Since composing the score for science fiction action film Everything Everywhere All at Once , [4] this is the band's first new album. [5]

Track listing

No.TitleRemixLength
1."Alternate World (Alternate Life)" Kishi Bashi remix4:10
2."Lost It to Trying (Rise)" Sen Morimoto + KAINA remix2:54
3."Ransom (All Innocence)"Sedcairn + Sound of Ceres remix3:25
4."Easy (Fight to Forget)"Chris Pattishall + Vuyo Sotashe remix4:34
5."No Crimes (New History)"Jordan Munson + Isaiah Robinson remix7:05
6."Pyre (Alarm Bells)"Anna B Savage + DM Stith remix5:58
7."Enough of Our Machines (Walk Away)"vōx + Alexander Vincent remix4:00
8."Plan the Escape (Sirens and Tremors)" Kilamanzego remix3:10
9."Lanterns Lit (Singing Light)" Omari Jazz remix3:04

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