just picked up Sabres Of Paradise "Versus" EP. remixes by depth charge,
chemical brothers, nightmares on wax, lfo & in the nursery.
excellent stuff! depth charge contributes two mixes which are remarkably
sample-free given his usual penchant for throwing the entire dialog track
of a movie into his songs. anyway, they have the patented j. saul kane
magic - gritty grungy hip hop with psychotic bowel-melting bass.
the chemical brothers mix is another winner, again, nothing too far removed
from their usual cuisine, but this souffle is definitely hi-phat, if you
get my meaning. chunky and funky.
i like the nightmares on wax track, which is odd since i don't really like
anything else i've heard by them. it's got a nice stoner jazz mo'wax kinda
head trip feel to it. excellent bassline.
the lfo mix is rather repetitive. i don't think they make the transition
from bleep all that well. stick to the techno noises, guys.
in the nursery completely re-do "haunted dancehall" in their usual
wagnerian orchestral style. it's good but the last time i went through my
record collection i wound up selling all my in the nursery discs which i
guess means i'm kinda over them...
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another compilation i picked up which, i realize, is rather old, but i
wanted to mention it because it has the kind of title which is likely to
make IDMers skip it. it's called AMBIENT AURAS... but despite that, most
of the tracks are fairly danceable. track listing:
higher intelligence agency - alpha 1999 (pentatonik remix)
biosphere - baby interphase (remix)
aphex twin - on
alter ego - undersea girl
state of flux - the news
neuro project - lovechile
centuras - tokyo
taucher & koma - happiness (dr. atmo mix)
centry meets the music family - release the chains
dust brothers - if you kling to me, i'll klong to you
bandulu - run run
quite delicious.
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