New music: Patrick Wolf – Time of My Life (Leo Zero Dub)

Decadent, pretentious and a self-confessed outsider, Patrick Wolf is the perfect pop star. Over four acclaimed albums he's embraced everything from folk and baroque pop to Berlin-influenced techno. Well, he's back with Time of My Life (not, unfortunately, a cover of the Dirty Dancing staple ), the first single from his forthcoming album The Conqueror, due in May. The original is a sumptuous, string-drenched paean to strength in the face of heartbreak ("happy without you" is a recurring lyric), while this remix adds throbbing synths, crisp beats and spacious piano breaks. Around 3.30 mins, strings appear before the track builds towards an appropriately OTT climax. Time of My Life is released via Hideout Recordings on 6 December