Logic1000 takes the iconic ‘Heartbeats’ by José González on a moody breakbeat trip some 22 years after the original release.
When José González first recorded Heartbeats for his 2003 debut Veneer, he transformed The Knife’s icy synthpop into something entirely different. What had been an electronic pulse became a fragile ballad carried by nylon strings and a whisper of a voice. That version travelled the world and became González’s breakthrough, prized for its intimacy and restraint. Two decades later Peacefrog have invited Logic1000 to revisit the track, and the result feels like a conversation across time and space.
Logic1000 approaches the song not as a cover but as a reanimation. She takes González’s vocal, now familiar to the point of being iconic, and places it within a sound design that is both contemporary and slightly haunted. The acoustic gentleness of the original gives way to a rolling breaks rhythm that refuses to sit quietly in the background. Reece basslines burrow underneath, deep and insistent, while the percussion shapes a body of its own. Delay effects and spectral echoes create an atmosphere that feels club-oriented yet never loses sight of the song’s emotional core.
What makes this remix compelling is the way it reframes a piece that has already lived several lives. First it was The Knife’s stark and synthetic statement. Then it became González’s delicate folk rendering. Now it arrives again as a restless, extraverted track designed for movement and release. Logic1000 does not erase what came before but instead layers another interpretation onto the ongoing history of the song.
The release of this version on a seven-inch single feels symbolic. It is small in format yet expansive in impact, condensing two decades of musical evolution into a new shape. By shifting Heartbeats onto a breaks-heavy backbone without stripping away its melancholy, Logic1000 shows how a familiar piece of music can continue to change meaning as it is passed from one artist to another. The remix is neither a nostalgic rework nor a simple update. It is an argument for the longevity of great songwriting and a reminder that reinterpretation is one of the ways music stays alive.
The digital release is available here with a vinyl 7″ release set for Oct 7th release. Pre order that here.
