· By Mattias Forsgren
Kris Baha turns EMMON’s Relics into a peak-time collision of big beat and hard techno.
EMMON continues the road towards the forthcoming remix album ICONMIXED with a fierce new interpretation of Relics by Berlin-based Australian producer Kris Baha.
Known for a mutant collision of EBM, industrial, techno, breaks and ’90s rave—and for remixes of artists including Boy Harsher, Boys Noize and Kontravoid—Baha transforms EMMON’s dark electro original into a peak-time dancefloor weapon. Big-beat attitude collides with hard techno, pounding rhythms and raw rave energy, while the darkness at the heart of EMMON’s sound remains firmly intact.
The remix does not simply increase the tempo or weight of the original. Baha pulls Relics apart and rebuilds it for a different physical space, replacing its restrained tension with forward motion and impact. Distorted electronics, forceful percussion and a sense of barely controlled momentum push the track towards the point where alternative club music, industrial pressure and rave abandon become indistinguishable.
Originally released on EMMON’s 2025 album ICON, Relics already represented a meeting between different corners of the Swedish electronic underground. The track features guest vocals from Agent Side Grinder frontman Emanuel Åström, whose presence adds another human shadow to EMMON’s stark electronic landscape.
That collaborative thread has continued through the ICONMIXED campaign. In August, Agent Side Grinder delivered their own remix of Relics, pushing the song towards ’90s house through LinnDrum rhythms, Euro-disco riffs and acid basslines. Kris Baha now takes the same source material somewhere altogether more punishing: away from nocturnal melancholy and directly into the pressure of the dancefloor.
The result captures the central idea behind ICONMIXED. Rather than presenting remixes as secondary versions, EMMON has invited artists with distinctive identities to reinterpret the world of ICON on their own terms. Each collaborator reveals a different possibility within the original songs, connecting EMMON’s established synth and darkwave foundations with wider international scenes spanning EBM, post-punk, industrial music, techno and club culture.
Across the project, EMMON’s music becomes a meeting point between artists, cities and generations of electronic music. The songs retain their emotional and melodic core, but their surroundings keep shifting—from darkwave and post-punk to house, EBM, industrial electronics and hard techno. With Relics (Kris Baha Remix), that process reaches its most explosive point yet.