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Music & Recordings

Tracks, remixes, and collaborations from A Roman Scandal.

Tracks

  • Lost in a Scandal
  • Street MedicsARS remix — Denim & Diamonds
  • Stars Below
  • ShotShot Murderess
  • Hugs+KissesAlex Killough + Chuck Large mix
  • Squidtoucher'sJTS3K Black Macarbe remix
  • CallCallARS remix — The Faint
  • WorkedUpARS remix — The Faint

About the Recordings

A free online version of the unreleased ARS album Inlaws is available on last.fm. Recordings by A Roman Scandal are sold through Asking for Trouble and InSound.

The recordings that emerged from this project carry a distinct energy born of collaboration and late-night experimentation. Each track layers fragmented vocals over dense, shifting beats, creating soundscapes that feel both urgent and haunted. The remixes in particular transform source material into something entirely new, pulling melodies apart and reassembling them with unexpected textures. These are songs that reward repeated listening, revealing small details buried in the mix with each pass. The result is music that feels alive, restless, and unafraid to push against the edges of its own form.

Lost recordings hold a particular power in any artist's catalog, and the material collected here is no exception. Tracks that circulated in limited forms, shared between friends and collaborators, now stand as artifacts of a specific creative moment. The unreleased album represents a snapshot of ideas in motion, before final decisions were made about structure and sequence. Hearing these versions offers insight into how songs evolve, what gets left behind, and what remains essential. The unfinished quality of these recordings is itself part of their appeal.

Collaboration lies at the heart of many of these pieces, with different producers and musicians bringing their own sensibilities to the work. Each remix functions as a conversation, a reinterpretation that honors the original while charting its own course. The range of approaches is striking, from abrasive electronic treatments to more atmospheric reworkings that drift into ambient territory. What unites them is a willingness to take risks, to let the source material be transformed in ways that might surprise even its creators. The results are unpredictable and often thrilling.

For those who followed the project from its earliest days, these recordings carry the weight of memory and context. They evoke specific rooms, late nights, the feeling of a scene coalescing around shared tastes and restless creativity. The music exists not just as sound but as documentation of a time when boundaries between genres seemed less important than the impulse to make something honest. Listening now, the tracks retain their raw edge, unpolished and direct. They stand as evidence of a moment that refused to be neatly categorized.