The KLF have reworked their classic album ‘Chill Out’ for a new release.
After recently uploading some of their back catalogue to streaming services for the first time since they formed in 1987, Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty, better known as the KLF, have re-released their 1990 album Chill Out .
Now titled Come Down Dawn , the LP has seen some changes to allow for upload to streaming platforms, including removing previously unlicensed samples of Elvis Presley, Fleetwood Mac and 808 State.
In 2017, KLF announced a dramatic return to making music after a 23 year moratorium’. A year later, they group announced that they would be building a pyramid from bricks forged with the ashes of dead people, for a special event in Liverpool called ‘The Toxteth Day of the Dead’.
Chill Out, originally released in 1990, appeared on streaming services, albeit retitled as
Come Down Dawn and stripped of some distinctive samples. Reached for comment, the bandâs management pointed to a note on the groupâs website, which describes
Come Down Dawn as a âpre-mix of C
hill Out released by The KLF on the 5
th of February 1990.
Chill Out, but 31 years later.â Listen below.Â
The samples and sampling technique the KLF employed are a large part of
Chill Outâs mythos. Notably absent from
Come Down Dawn are the prominent Elvis Presley samples. Below is the full statement from the website (minus the tracklist, which you can find in the embed).
The KLF seem to have released a new album.
The duo - Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty - placed their long deleted catalogue on streaming services at the start of the year, introducing the Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu to a new generation.
Now it seems that they re ready to start something fresh. A new album has been placed online, titled Come Down Dawn .
On first listen, it does seem to incorporate the mood and certain elements from their ambient feast Chill Out , although it removes the hard-to-clear samples.
So, not exactly new new, but certainly a step in a different direction, one that remains tethered to their illustrious past.
Christian Eede
, February 4th, 2021 18:10
The 1990 album has also been renamed Come Down Dawn for the updated release
The KLF s 1990 album
Chill Out has been made available on streaming platforms as of today (February 4) in re-edited form.
Renamed
Come Down Dawn, Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond s debut LP as The KLF has been stripped of some distinctive samples, most notably those of Elvis Presley s music, for the updated release. In a note on their website,
Come Down Dawn is described as a pre-mix of
Chill Out released by The KLF on the 5th of February 1990.
Come Down Dawn was released the day before Chill Out, but 31 years later. You can stream the album just below.