Anna Moshenko unveils striking Bring Me The Horizon remix Echoes in 5.1
London-based audio engineer and composer Anna Moshenko strips Bring Me The Horizon’s track Can You Feel My Heart of its heavy metalcore backdrop. The result, titled Echoes in 5.1, is a surround-sound reinterpretation of Sheffield’s hardcore legends’ hit, recast with an unexpected pop sensibility.
Anna swaps the band’s guitars and drums for her own piano, strings, and synthetic layers. This intricate arrangement pushes the track into indie-pop territory, reminiscent of bands like alt-J. The emotional intensity of original vocals is retained in its full glory though. At first, Bring Me The Horizon fans might feel slightly taken aback by the unexpected juxtaposition of Oli Sykes’s bellowing delivery and such a cinematic backdrop. But just let it sink in and you will be rewarded.
Can You Feel My Heart itself possesses an emotional fragility, which might feel slightly lost in the metalcore production of the original. Anna Moshenko’s mix provides space for the lyrics to resonate in a different way, laying bare the true feelings that are embedded in the composition while softening the harshness of the original arrangement. Within the world of airy synths and muffled electronic drums, Sykes’s words sound like a desperate man screaming in an empty room – this feeling is terrifying but beautiful.
The sound design here carefully fuses genres without compromising the song’s essence. Newly added instrumentation, backing vocals layering and unique ad-libs fully transform the soundscape. Mixed in 5.1, Echoes in 5.1 offers an immersive, surround sound experience rather than just a playful remix of this singular alternative-rock hit.