Acclaimed composers and producers Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury, known collectively as DROKK, make a long-awaited return with a striking remix of “Cruel Mother” by ØXN—originally released on ØXN’s 2023 album CYRM. This marks DROKK’s first release since their self-titled debut album in 2012.
The package is complemented by Ben Frost’s haunting, elegiac rework.
Barrow and Salisbury, whose work as DROKK began in 2011, have since focused on a range of scoring projects across film and television. Now, they revisit their DROKK identity with a new purpose: using music to support War Child UK.
“We love ØXN—not just their music, but who they are as people, and what they stand for politically,” says Barrow. “We’ve been huge fans of “Cruel Mother” since its release, and I reached out to see if we could remix it in support of War Child, a brilliant charity I’ve been involved with for many years.”
The remixes will be released alongside the ØXN original on limited edition vinyl, with 100% of profits donated directly to War Child, which supports children affected by conflict around the globe.
“I just hope we’ve done the song justice,” Barrow adds. “Like many people right now, we’re feeling helpless and heartbroken by the suffering of children in war zones. While we can’t fix broken infrastructure or end conflicts ourselves, we can use our music to raise money and awareness. This is our way of contributing.”
ØXN adds, “Nobody can escape the sickening and horrifying images being live streamed to our eyes every day of innocent civilians, those mostly helpless and defenseless children being murdered or maimed, orphaned and forever mentally scarred because of the choices made by political fascists and tyrants. The proceeds of this release will go to War Child.
“We stand with the children of Palestine. The children of Sudan. The children of The Democratic Republic of Congo. The children of Ukraine. The children of Yemen and all the children dragged into these man made nightmares.”
Vinyl track list:
– A1 –
ORIGINAL VERSION
– B1 –
DROKK REMIX
– B2 –
BEN FROST REMIX
Digital track list:
1. DROKK REMIX
2. BEN FROST REMIX