Push Push used AudioShake to lift a 35-year-old vocal out of a finished mix
New Zealand rock band Push Push reunited after more than 30 years to rework a song they first recorded around 1990. The track, “Euphoric Plunder in Bliss” from their 1992 debut album, lived inside a single finished mix. No separate stems, no session files, no clean way back into the original performance. So the band ran the master through AudioShake and pulled the original vocal and guitar back out.
How AudioShake separated the original vocal from a stems-free mix
AudioShake runs AI stem separation, the job a producer once needed the multitrack tapes to do. Feed it a finished mix and it pulls the parts back apart: vocals, guitar, drums, bass. For Push Push, that meant recovering the original vocal and guitar from the 1990 recording without any of the source files.
Guitarist and producer Andy Wilson drove the rebuild. The band re-recorded the rhythm section at Depot Studios in Auckland, Wilson cut new guitars at his home studio in Sydney, and he wove the recovered original parts back in. The result, “E.P.B (Clutching at the Sky),” came out in October 2025, the band’s first new music in eight years. AudioShake documented the project in a case study.
What AudioShake stem separation means for old catalogs
A lot of music sits in exactly this state: strong recordings locked inside a mix, no stems, no way back in. Older catalogs, lost session tapes, one-off live recordings. The old options were to re-record from scratch and lose the original take, or leave it frozen.
Stem separation changes the floor for catalog owners and heritage acts. If you can pull a clean vocal off a 30-year-old master, you can remix it, sync it, sample it, or rebuild it without the tapes. AudioShake has built its name on this kind of recovery, pulling clean parts out of lost and archival masters, and the same tools now sit behind its consumer tier. Our roundup of the best AI stem separation tools covers the alternatives.
Why this is the restoration side of the AI music story
Most AI music headlines are about generation: a prompt in, a finished track out, no musician required. This is the other side. AudioShake did not write a note of “E.P.B (Clutching at the Sky).” It recovered a 35-year-old vocal that was otherwise stuck, and five humans rebuilt the song around it. AI did the excavation. The band did the music. That is the use case I keep coming back to, because it hands artists back something they thought they had lost.
Frequently asked questions
How did Push Push use AudioShake to rework Euphoric Plunder in Bliss?
Push Push fed the finished 1990 mix of "Euphoric Plunder in Bliss" into AudioShake, which separated the original vocal and guitar from the master. The band then re-recorded the rhythm section and new guitars and rebuilt the song around those recovered parts, releasing it as "E.P.B (Clutching at the Sky)."
Can AudioShake separate stems from a finished mix with no session files?
Yes. AudioShake runs AI stem separation that pulls vocals, guitar, drums, and bass back out of a single mixed recording, even when the original multitrack tapes or session files are gone. That is the capability Push Push relied on to recover a vocal from a 35-year-old master.
What is the Push Push song E.P.B (Clutching at the Sky)?
E.P.B (Clutching at the Sky) is a 2025 rebuild of Euphoric Plunder in Bliss, a song from Push Push's 1992 debut album. It was the New Zealand band's first new music in eight years and was produced by guitarist Andy Wilson.
Who are the New Zealand band Push Push?
Push Push are a New Zealand rock band formed in Auckland in the mid-1980s. Their 1991 single "Trippin'" hit number one in New Zealand for six weeks and went platinum, and their 1992 debut album "A Trillion Shades of Happy" reached number three.
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