I Burst Out, I'm Transformed

In 2007 goth punk queen Siouxsie Sioux released a solo album called Mantaray, ten songs taking in pop to glam with some cabaret inbetween along with some undeniably Siouxsie- esque rock. The woman herself is in fine voice throughout, fired up by working with new and different people. Album opener Into A Swan was inspired partly by her divorce from Budgie, partly by working with Basement Jaxx the year before and partly by the arrival of Egyptian percussionist Hossam Ramzy (who'd previously worked with Robert Plant). Siouxsie took all this and threw it into the pot, a song about starting anew, being transformed, becoming a swan. 

In 2007 Andrew Weatherall was a little more niche than he is today, feeling his way into a solo career under his own name and about to begin a streak of remixes that put him back at the top of his game. He got his hands on Into A Swan and turns it into a dancefloor smash, fast and intense, kickdrum pounding, with whistles and snares and a jacking bassline. Siouxsie's vocal survives almost entirely intact. There are breakdowns and grinding sounds, squalls of guitar and thunderous percussion. In the second half the pace gathers further, Siouxsie spinning as the strobe flashes and singing, 'I feel a force I've never felt before/ I burst out I'm transformed'. 

Into A Swan (Weatherall Remix)