HYPETRAK Premiere: Moby & Mark Lanegan - The Lonely Night (Photek Remix)

Record Store Day is right around the corner, and you know what that means: tons of new, exclusive music. Lucky for us, a lot of it gets released online beforehand, because most people still aren’t buying vinyls despite their resurgence in popularity over the past several years—it is 2013, after all. One product that hits the market this Saturday on R.S.D. is by none other than electronic music pioneer Moby, who teamed up with Mark Lanegan—the renowned frontman of 80s/90s grunge band Screaming Trees and a respected solo artist in his own right—to create a track called “The Lonely Night,” which will be released this Saturday on a limited edition 7” vinyl and for which they just unveiled a beautiful time-lapse video. The song features delicate, yet fitting production from Moby, accompanied by gritty vocals and poignant lyrics from Lanegan. It’s one of those songs that you listen to and can just tell that these guys have been doing this for a very long time and know exactly what they want out of their creative process. But quite possibly even more appealing is the official remix by Photek, which will serve as the b-side of the 7”. The versatile producer took a minimal approach on this one, but appropriately so. Sometimes it’s best not to try to dramatically change a song’s feeling. Give it a listen below and head over to RecordStoreDay.com to see where the celebration is happening near you this Saturday.