But the song’s production was deceptively complex. The bassline (a simple two-note pulse) was a Roland D-50 synthesizer. The drums were a Linn 9000. The clapping sound ? That was Enya hitting a radiator pipe in Ryan’s Dublin studio, Artane.

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The original Enya song starts immediately with the piano and cello. Sakalem says no . His mix begins with 32 bars of what can only be described as "a storm at sea." Sub-bass rumbles, waves crash (sampled from a library, perhaps "Coastal Ambience 02"), and a filtered kick drum pounds at 130 BPM. No vocals. Just tension.

Suddenly, silence. Then, "Sail away... sail away... sail away." But it’s wrong. It’s glorious. Sakalem has taken that single phrase and sliced it into a stutter edit. "Sa-sa-sail... away-away-away." He’s run it through a granular synthesizer. The reverb tail on Enya's voice now lasts six seconds, not two. It floats above a rolling, off-beat bassline reminiscent of early Way Out West.