The Chill Out Sessions

The Chill Out Sessions
EP by
Bring Me the Horizon and Draper
Released22 November 2012
RecordedDecember 2011
Genre
Length29:25
LabelSelf-released
Producer
  • Draper
  • Bring Me the Horizon
Bring Me the Horizon chronology
There Is a Hell...
(2010) 		The Chill Out Sessions
(2012) 		Sempiternal
(2013)
Draper chronology
The Draper EP
(2011) 		The Chill Out Sessions
(2012) 		Sonder EP
(2013)
Singles from The Chill Out Sessions
  1. "Blessed with a Curse (Draper remix)"
    Released: 22 March 2011[1]

The Chill Out Sessions is the second EP by British rock band Bring Me the Horizon. It consists remixes made by British electronic music producer Draper. After being initially planned to be released on New Year's Day 2012 it was delayed indefinitely by Bring Me the Horizon due to their label situation. However it was released on 22 November 2012 as a free download. The remix EP makes use of Draper's own music style named "chill-step" or "liquid-step" as a homage to his ambient, relaxing take on dubstep music.

Background and promotion

As early as January 2011 suspicion arose about Bring Me the Horizon planning to release a second remix album after the success of Suicide Season: Cut Up!. However, the only remixes that existed were not made for a new CD. But the opportunity wasn't silenced as singer Oliver Sykes said "I'd love to do another record like that as I really enjoyed hearing all the songs remixed and I think it sold quite well but we haven't agreed to do another one at the moment."[2] In a November 2011 interview Bring Me the Horizon's guitarist Lee Malia went on record in response to releasing a similar release for There is a Hell saying "I think that album was a one time only thing and I don't think we'll be doing that sort of thing again".[3]

At the end of 2011 Bring Me the Horizon made an announcement by the band on 29 December about a new extended play titled The Chill Out Sessions, a collaborative effort with British DJ "Draper".[4] Draper first released a "officially sanctioned" remix of the song "Blessed with a Curse" in May 2011.[5] The EP was originally supposed to be released in time for New Year's Day and to be made available for download and purchase though Bring Me the Horizon's website. However, the EP's release was cancelled because of the band's "current management and label situation".[6][7]

On 22 November 2012 the band released the collaborative EP for free.[8]

Composition

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Caught in the Crossfirefavourable[9]
Kerrang![10]

The remix EP makes use of Draper's own music style named "chill-step" or "liquid-step" as a homage to his ambient, relaxing take on dubstep music.[9] The EP is seen as expanding upon mellow electronic undertow of the songs from the band's third album There Is a Hell...[10] Draper also cut out any use of Oliver Sykes vocals and instead favoured the vocals of Lights and combining riffs of songs with "atmospheric bass drops".[10]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Crucify Me"4:46
2."It Never Ends"3:37
3."Fuck"5:27
4."Don't Go"3:47
5."Memorial/Blessed with a Curse"6:46
6."Blessed with a Curse"5:05
Total length:29:25

References

  1. ^ "Bring Me The Horizon Blessed With a Curse (Draper Remix)". Spirit of Metal. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  2. ^ "No New Remix Album Plans For Bring Me The Horizon". Rock Sound. (Freeway Press). 24 January 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  3. ^ Joe Matera (11 February 2011). "Bring Me The Horizon: Interview with the Guitarist Lee Malia". Ultimate Guitar. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Bring Me The Horizon To Release Remix Album "The Chill Out Sessions"". Alter The Press! (Buzz Media) 30 December 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Draper's Remix of Bring Me The Horizon's "Blessed with a Curse" Available For Streaming". The PRP. 13 May 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  6. ^ "Bring Me The Horizon remix "The Chill Out Sessions" release cancelled". Raw Tuneage. 29 December 2011. Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  7. ^ "NEWS: Bring Me The Horizon pull 'The Chill Out Sessions' remix album!". Dead Press. 29 December 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  8. ^ "Bring Me The Horizon release free digital remix EP". Big Cheese. 22 November 2012. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  9. ^ a b Emma Wallace (22 November 2012). "REVIEW: Bring Me The Horizon & Draper – 'The Chill Out Sessions'". Caught in the Crossfire. (Division Media). Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  10. ^ a b c Paul Travers (15 December 2012). James McMahon (ed.). "One of the world's loudest bands make the quietest album of 2012". Kerrang! (1443). London: Bauer Media Group: 50. ISSN 0262-6624.