Back in the days before blogs, ableton and soundcloud edits a fair portion of my monthly wedge was spent on whatever finely crafted pirate soul bootleg twelves surfaced from the laboratories of Yam Who and Blackbeard.

Whilst the former has spread his wings and now runs a sweet little operation called ISM which is home to the likes of The Off Key Hat, Ron Basejam and PBR Streetgang, the latter seemed to have creeped off my radar.

Quite nice then to discover Blackbeard is back under a new alias in Scotch Mist and is responsible for perhaps the best contribution to a Lover Lover remix EP that also includes effort from SF favourite Tronik Youth, RVNG Intl’s in house moo-rockers Mirror Mirror and astonishingly “the world’s favourite DJ” under the Steve Forte alias – have a guess who it is.

Download: Lover Lover – Freebirds (Scotch Mist Remix)

All remixes are available for freedownload via the Cross Keys bandcamp and it is worth mentioning that the  original – itself a rather delightful muscular pop ditty -  is still available on seven inches of vinyl from established emporiums such as Rough Trade and Pure Groove.