Congratulations remixes is an EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 which includes remixes of 3 tracks from the MGMT

MGMT

MGMT is an American alternative rock band founded by Benjamin Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden. After the release of their first album, the members of their live band, Matthew Asti, James Richardson and Will Berman, joined the core band in the studio...

 release Congratulations

Congratulations (album)

The album received mostly positive reviews upon its release, and a 72/100 metascore at Metacritic, based upon 39 reviews. Pitchfork Media deemed the album "audacious, ambitious, and a little fried." NME got a first listen of the album and described it as a mix of "frenetic, brief psych nuggets......

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The EP is available as digital download

Music download

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 now at iTunes

ITunes

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 and Amazon

Amazon MP3

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Description

The EP features a full 10+ minute "Siberian Breaks

Siberian Breaks

"Siberian Breaks" is a song released by psychedelic rock band MGMT on their second studio album, Congratulations. It is the longest track on the album and MGMT's second longest song to date, clocking in a minute and a half behind "Metanoia." Andrew VanWyngarden has said that Siberian Breaks is his...

" remix from the Ed Banger All-Stars, an ambiguous group of collective artists on Ed Banger Records

Ed Banger Records

Ed Banger Records is a French electronic music record label run by Pedro Winter. It was founded in 2002 as a division of Headbangers Entertainment. The label is home to French electronic acts Justice, SebastiAn, Daft Punk, Cassius, Uffie, Krazy Baldhead, DJ Mehdi, Mr Oizo, Mr...

 which was founded by Pedro Winter

Pedro Winter

Pedro Winter aka Busy P is a French electrohouse DJ, producer, manager and owner of the Ed Banger Records label. Pedro Winter manages Cassius, Cosmo Vitelli, artists on his Ed Banger Records label, and managed Daft Punk from 1996 to 2008.-Life:...

, whose stage name is Busy P, and is the home of musicians such as Justice

Justice (French band)

Justice is a French electronic music duo consisting of Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay . The duo is one of the most successful groups on Ed Banger Records and is managed by the label's head, Pedro Winter...

, Kavinsky

Kavinsky

Kavinsky is a French electro house artist, and has released three EPs on the Record Makers label: Teddy Boy in 2006, 1986 a year later and "Nightcall" in 2010. He has been remixed by SebastiAn and others. He toured alongside Daft Punk, The Rapture, Justice, and SebastiAn in 2007...

, SebastiAn, Mr. Oizo

Mr. Oizo

Mr. Oizo is the stage name of French electronic musician and film director Quentin Dupieux. His pseudonym is a corruption of the French , meaning "bird". He is currently signed to French electro record label, Ed Banger Records.-Beginning:...

, Breakbot

Breakbot

Breakbot aka Thibaut Berland is a French producer and DJ born in 1981.After studying at the School of Graphic Supinfocom, he made short films , advertisements and videos . He is also a CG artist with credits including Arthur and the Invisibles...

, and many others. The remix defies all boundaries of the generic "remix", blending many genres of music, not only electric. The exact artists who had a hand in the collective remix of this song is unclear. Also included is a remix of "Congratulations

Congratulations (MGMT song)

"Congratulations" is the fourth single released from the album Congratulations by MGMT, released as a music video on August 25, 2010.Sonic Boom commentary of the track, before the Congratulations sessions at the Blanker Unsinn Studio on 2010: "The Half-arsed Hugs of routine celebrations....

" by Erol Alkan

Erol Alkan

Erol Alkan is a London-based electro DJ of Turkish Cypriot descent.-DJ and club promoter:In 1993, Erol Alkan started DJing in various Indie nightclubs in London....

, a London based DJ

Disc jockey

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 known as an originator of mashups and one of the most acclaimed DJs of the last decade, reworked the title track "Congratulations". The final track was remixed by Japanese

Japanese people

The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 artist/producer, Cornelius

Cornelius (musician)

Cornelius is a Japanese recording artist and producer.-Career:Oyamada's first claim to fame was as a member of the pop duo Flipper's Guitar, one of the key groups of the Tokyo Shibuya-kei scene...

, who remixed the band's song "Brian Eno". These join the previously released remixes of "It's Working

It's Working

-Music video:MGMT says in a interview for Pitchfork about the song: "We just shot the coolest video in Paris with director So Me [Justice's "D.A.N.C.E."] for 'It's Working'. In it, Ben and I find this box and these instructions to put together a machine that's constantly changing, and we end up...

" by Air and Violens.

Cover

The cover of this EP is an alternative version that was used of cover in the album Congratulations (created by Anthony Ausgang) but this is characteristic that is oriented toward the right side (the original is oriented toward the left side) and as a main feature is that has the negative colors of the original colors, except the eyes of the cat's surfer, which remain white.

Track listing

Remixes

The remix of "Congratulations" by Erol Alkan was released on the single "Congratulations" on November 26, 2010.

The remix of "Siberian Breaks" by Ed Banger All-Stars was given as a free download if you bought any vinyl on the MGMT Store before January 1, 2011.

The remix of "Brian Eno" by Cornelius was released on the Japanese re-release of Congratulations as a bonus track on July 21, 2010.