Canadian Musician Caribou released his new single “Volume” which is heavily inspired by M|A|R|R|S’s 80’s hit “Pump Up The Volume” (via Brooklyn Vegan). 

Daniel Snaith said he was always a big fan of the hit “Pump Up The Volume” citing it as a childhood inspiration for his career in electronic music. He’s now used snippets of his childhood favorite song to produce a nostalgic electronic single. 

“Volume” is almost a modernized version of “Pump Up the Volume”. It keeps the same vibe and a very similar rhythm and feel. Caribou’s version however cuts some of the more 80’s sounds and many of the sound bites out. “Volume” is both modernized and sleeker with almost no lyrics. The nostalgic theme runs strong in the visuals however. The music video uses 80’s footage of people dancing, astronauts and rocket launches  to give a mesmerizing retro-futuristic pairing to the song. Check out his new song and its video created by Richard Kenworthy here. 

“Pump up the Volume” was an incredibly iconic song when it was released, it used an innovative strategy for combining samples on one song. 

This is Caribou’s third single this year. In April, he released “Honey” and then in June, he released “Broke My Heart” Caribou will taking these new singles on the road very soon as he is scheduled to do a North America tour this coming November. 

Photo Credit: Owen Ela