the scale that Beck sings is much more prominent in this mix, which just sounds kind of tacky. Hyperspace: another one of the reworked tracks, but I’m unsure if I like the new additions. The extra effects on Beck’s voice really sealed the deal in making this my preferred mix. Like Die Waiting, it also benefits greatly from a revamped structure. The new See Through is a much cleaner mix with a lot more energy. See Through: a marked improvement on an already great track. The bass is heavier, though some of the synth embellishments after the second chorus are polished a bit more. The final refrain has Beck shifting his pitch up, as he did on the vinyl of the original Hyperspace. Definitely prefer this version.Ĭhemical: another track with very minor edits. The bass gives the track the life it sorely needed in the initial mix, while the new effects and edits make the song much less repetitive. Another win for the 2019 mix.ĭie Waiting: the first of the completely reworked tracks, I think Die Waiting benefits greatly from this new mix. Again, this drowns out the mids and vocals.
Saw Lightning: the original with heavier bass. The increased bass and treble gives the track a bit more of a bounce, ultimately lose the cohesion the initial mix had. The original mix is very balanced, while the new one seems to disregard the mids. It’s appears to be a much cleaner mix, but the jury is still out on wether or not it is better than the original. The vocals seem a bit more recessed, which is a recurring theme throughout all of these new mixes. No real major changes, but the cleaner bass and synth effects does sit well with me. Things only get worse from here, with some truly awful reverb that drowns out Beck’s vocals to the point where they’re nearly inaudible and definitely much less comprehensible. Beck added what I assume to be a rocket sound effect at the beginning, which, while fitting for a NASA collaboration, detracts from the peaceful vibe the track initially had. The original was one of my favorite tracks on the album, so it’s sad to see what happened to it. Hyperlife: I was baffled by how poor this new mix was. Hyperspace 2020 offered new mixes for almost every song on the record, for better or for worse. The NASA collaboration was cool, but the actual music didn’t get discussed very much. Beck never lingers upon either his melancholy or his celestial flights of fantasy: they exist simultaneously, resulting in a tremulous and pretty soundtrack for moments of fleeting introspection.Hyperspace 2020 seems to have gone and went without much fanfare. Chalk that up not to the electronic instrumentation but rather a light touch. To that end, Hyperspace exists on the same astral plane as Morning Phase and Sea Change, but it never feels as fussy or formal as those sad opuses. It's music for twilight contemplation, not so much a soundtrack for regret as soul-searching.
It's a clever concept and the music itself is often clever, the strummed acoustic guitars getting blown out in waves of analog synth bliss. Such is Beck's sincerity, he winds up stumbling into territory pioneered by Todd Rundgren's Utopia, indulging in the shimmering electronic soft rock of "Chemical." Despite the frenetic rhythms of "Saw Lightning," "Chemical" is a better indication of Beck's intentions: he's making a sequel to Morning Phase in the guise of a synth record. With its layers of analog synths and drum machines, it's hard to escape the new wave trappings of Hyperspace, yet the album is devoid of nostalgia or irony. Beck worked with a few other collaborators on the record - Greg Kurstin, the producer of Colors, is credited on "See Through," Sky Ferreira sings on "Die Waiting," Coldplay's Chris Martin is on "Stratosphere" - but the partnership with Williams is what defines Hyperspace, giving it its sleek retro futurism. The collaboration ballooned from a single into an EP and, ultimately, the core of Beck's 14th album.
At the conclusion of the supporting tour for 2017's Colors, Beck headed into the studio with Pharrell Williams with the intention of contributing to a new N.E.R.D album, but they wound up hitting it off. Hyperspace is one of those Beck projects that came together quickly.
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