Following the release of “Honey” in April and last month’s “Broke My Heart,” Dan Snaith aka Caribou has today returned with the video for new single “Volume.” The track is based on M|A|R|R|S’ 1987 global hit “Pump Up the Volume,” a track forever cemented into the history of UK dance music.
Snaith explains more on the single and offers a peek behind the curtain on its creation here:
“Pump Up the Volume” was the first time in my life I heard electronic music—sitting in front of the family stereo system listening to the Top 40 countdown on the radio when I was a kid. It completely blew my mind—it sounded like something from another world. It’s stuck with me ever since, and I always wanted to rework it in some way. I didn’t consciously think about it when I started working on my track, but I think there’s something really special about having gone right back to the very beginning in making this.
Following a rapturous reception to recent single “Broke My Heart,” Snaith also shared an club version of the track “Broke My Heart (Champion Remix)”—featured in the Charli XCX PARTYGIRL Boiler Room set in Ibiza—that fans have been clamoring for since the start of the year, as well as “Broke My Heart (Harry Hayes Remix)”which began as a fan edit sent via Instagram by rising star Hayes and has now taken on a life of its own. Snaith also recently shared his Caribou remix of Ahadadream’s summer smash “TAKA.”
This snowballing club energy led to Snaith putting the call out for impromptu pop-up parties which have been taking place around the world and will continue throughout the summer. This includes a recent party in North Wales with Kelly Lee Owens, Koreless, and David Wrench and one in Berlin with Sofia Kourtesis and Ahadadream, as well as pop-ups in Dublin, Manchester, Glasgow, and Liverpool. This November, he will also embark on a North American tour as part of a world tour encompassing Europe, the UK, and Japan. Full dates and tickets can be found here.
Caribou on tour:
Oct 14 Tokyo, JP – O-East
Oct 17 Amsterdam, NL – Amsterdam Dance Event
Nov 08 Vancouver, BC – PNE Forum*
Nov 09 Portland, OR – Roseland Theater*
Nov 10 Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo*
Nov 12 Oakland, CA – Fox Theater*
Nov 13 Los Angeles, CA – Shrine Expo Hall*
Nov 15 Denver, CO – The Mission Ballroom*^
Nov 17 Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed*
Nov 18 Atlanta, GA – The Eastern*
Nov 19 Washington, DC – The Anthem*
Nov 20 Philadelphia, PA – Franklin Music Hall*
Nov 21 Brooklyn, NY – Great Hall at Avant Gardner*
Nov 23 Toronto, ON – Massey Hall*
Nov 25 Montreal, QC – L’Olympia*
Feb 03 Paris, FR – Le Zénith Paris | La Villette
Feb 04 Esch/Alzette, LX – Rockhal
Feb 06 London, UK – Roundhouse [SOLD OUT]
Feb 07 London, UK – Roundhouse [SOLD OUT]
Feb 08 London, UK – Roundhouse
Feb 09 Leeds, UK – O2 Academy
Feb 10 Bristol, UK – Bristol Beacon
Feb 11 Brussels, BE – Ancienne Belgique
Feb 12 Brussels, BE – Ancienne Belgique
Feb 14 Berlin, DE – UFO (Velodrom)
* support from Yunè Pinku
^ with Joy Orbison