We dearly loved the Vamberator album, “The Age of Loneliness” earlier this year, and now it’s gotten some remix attention from Rolo McGinty of The Woodentops. Mr. McGinty had long known Messrs. Tayle and Williams from the 80s and given his status as a remixer, he heard the album earlier this year and asked if he could have his way with a few tracks that got their hooks in him. So today on Bandcamp, New Reality Records have issued a remix single with two tracks and it’s even available in a physical format for connoisseurs. What’s in store for our ears?

Vamberator x Rolo McGinty: I Need Contact EP – DL/USB drive [2025]

1. I Need Contact [Rolo McGinty remix] 3:54
2. Creature In My House [Rolo McGinty remix] 10:43

Given that the album is too eccentric for “bangers” needing dancefloor magic, the songs that drew McGinty in were quixotic, to say the least! The hyper vulnerable “I Need Contact” was an intimate effort, where the voice of singer Jemaur Tayle was framed with minimal piano. Leaving him to shoulder almost all of the melody in what amounted to a Jazz performance.

The remix subjects the piano to watery tremolo effects but the biggest change here was the introduction of cellist Asakura Momoka that add an anticipatory tension to the minimal song. To say nothing of the diesel train field recordings mixed almost subliminally into the track. So that the furthest thing from a dance track was still the furthest thing from a dance track! But the mood was pushed out farther from the shores of Lake Comfort to better resonate emotionally with the desperate humanity that was to the fore in this cry for help.

The nearly Beatlesque ornate psychedelia that was previously the stock-in-trade of “Creature In My House” has been ripped from the bones of the song and instead a driven and stripped down dance track with a steady drumbeat at the same tempo but with fills taking place for the entirety of the song. And at 10:43 that’s a lot of song!

For my money, this mix was an improvement on the Sgt. Pepperisms of the original. That was never a good look for my taste, and the paring back of that level of excess made the song work better for me. But I will admit that the first time I listened to it, around the five minute mark, I was expecting it to be almost over and my eyes popped as I saw that it was only nearly half over.

There was then a drop at the song’s midpoint where naked beat gave us a few bars before the second, dub movement half of the track manifested. During which I settled in for an other five plus minutes of echo-laden mix. With the guitars finally coming in for a landing near the end of the extended opus.

If you’re in need of more Vamberator [and if you’ve read this far, I’d say you are], the DL [24/48] will set you back £4.00/$5.26/€4.55. But if you’re into esoteric formats the USB “business card” definitely has your name all over it!

It’s packed with more than just high resolution music with lyrics, photos, promo materials, and music videos for that Vamberator superfan [raises hand] out there in the wilds. There’s no word on how many of these will be made but it’s your for £10.00/$13.16/€11.37. DJ hit that button!

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