The pairing of Thom Yorke and anonymous dubstep producer Burial is an inspired one. Both artists deal in a kind of nameless urban dread. And both are fascinated by the existential qualities of rain. In Yorke’s case it’s a recurring lyrical trope (Paranoid Android, Sit Down Stand Up etc); in Burial’s it’s an ever-present sound effect, blurring his beats in a miasma of ambient sorrow - what he describes as “a veil across the far wall of the tune.”

In this remix of And It Rained All Night, originally from Yorke’s 2006 solo album The Eraser, the Radiohead man’s lost-child croon meshes with Burial’s corroded, scattershot snare sound – actually the sampled sound of a lighter being struck up – to create something overwhelmingly eerie and sad.

Much has been made of Burial’s knack for conjuring a powerful sense of place – specifically South London in the dead of night – but the suffocating mood of grief and dislocation he and Yorke conjure here is surely universal. Even (especially?) at this “festive” time of year.

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And, while we’re on the subject, there’s a great interview with Burial here. Oh, and you can download a whole EP of Thom Yorke remixes - the first of three digital-only releases - from boomkat.com.