Arlo Parks – Heaven (Jacques Greene Remix)

Sharing another fresh take on tracks from her critically acclaimed album Ambiguous Desire, twice Grammy-nominated, Mercury Prize and BRIT Award-winning Arlo Parks today unveils an official remix of her single “Heaven” by longtime friend and Canadian electronic pioneer Jacques Greene.

Montreal-born and raised, the DJ and producer has spent the past decade pushing the boundaries of house music, establishing himself as one of dance music’s most captivating and enigmatic talents. His remix of “Heaven” is a shimmering, atmospheric club cut, built around warm house grooves and a touch of minimal nostalgia, offering a fresh and emotionally resonant interpretation of one of the standout tracks from Parks’ latest body of work.

On working together, Jacques Greene shares, “After talking to Arlo at length about her headspace while making her album and poking my head in during some of the sessions – I knew we were on the same wavelength. I didn’t want to reinvent this song, but rather awaken and unleash an energy that already existed within it. A lil flash and pomp but honestly, it’s all her radiance.”

Arlo Parks recently shared a striking rework of “Floette” featuring London-based rapper, poet and producer John Glacier, offering a reimagined perspective on the track through the power of collaboration and creative evolution – a reflection of the spirit underpinning this era of her work.

Released in April via Transgressive, Ambiguous Desire was created alongside producer Baird (Brockhampton, Kevin Abstract), with additional production from longtime collaborator Paul Epworth (Adele, Florence + The Machine, Rihanna), Buddy Ross (Frank Ocean, Vampire Weekend) and Andrew Sarlo (Big Thief, Dijon). The album has since been named one of Billboard and Rough Trade’s Albums of the Year So Far, following a wave of critical acclaim that saw Classic Pop dub it “her ultimate statement”, Rolling Stone UK praise it as her “most versatile work yet”, and Pitchfork describe it as Parks at her best. Uncut called the record “frequently wonderful”, while DIY hailed it as “her most vividly realised and affecting body of work to date.”

Sweating under the strobes at Midnight Lovers in LA, dancing to the bass beneath the K Bridge in Greenpoint, finding new faces at Venue MOT in London – these are the dark, enveloping spaces giving life to Ambiguous Desire.

Over the past two years, Arlo dove headfirst into nocturnal spaces where she could be whoever she wanted. She drew inspiration from the queer hedonism of NYC’s Paradise Garage to the moody nocturnal British beats of The Streets and Burial, the glittering synth catharsis of LCD Soundsystem, and rooted house grooves of Theo Parrish, losing herself on the dancefloor. The record is Parks at her most confident and experimental, supplanting live band sessions for modular synths, Ableton plugins and samplers that channel the frenetic, vibrant spaces she was immersed in, all while spotlighting the acclaimed poetry and lyricism she’s beloved for.

Reflecting on the making of the record, Parks shares, “I danced more than ever as I made this record, I made more friends than ever too, found myself in the weird underbelly of New York juke nights, unleashed, laughed and laughed and laughed. This record has desire at its center. Desire is a life force, it’s a wanting, a yearning, a momentum – we are all alive because there is something or someone we want – desire is an engine. But it is also mysterious, tangled, random, enlightening and HUMAN.”

Featuring on the record are the singles “Get Go”, “Heaven”, and “2SIDED”, as well as the album’s focus song ‘Beams’.

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