Leonard Cohen, "You Want It Darker" (Paul Kalkbrenner Remix)

Leonard Cohen, "You Want It Darker" (Paul Kalkbrenner Remix)

Leonard Cohen might've been able to take Berlin a lot earlier if he'd previously enlisted German techno producer Paul Kalkbrenner as his lieutenant, who throws black-light paint all over the funereal title track to the legendary singer-songwriter's 2016 album here, and takes him out for one final spin on the dance floor. For an artist whose final statement could be downright overwhelming in its sense of mortality, it's pretty gratifying to hear that voice equally at home on top of a beat that crackles with life. — A.U.