the "perfect drug" remixes CD single is out in the US now with
remixes by...
MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO - jack does his first full strength jungle track.
some of the stuff on Subliminal Sandwich was close, but this goes
straight for the massive fucked up break and bowel loosening bass
themes. the sounds are from the amen break, but twisted in a whole
new way. jack is up to his usual high standard of audio trickery.
satellite bleeps and rasta voices poking around the edges. snips of
trent vocal floating in like otherwordly radio transmissions. squeaky
turntable noises. this mixes smoothly into...
PLUG - wow, a really excellent luke vibert mix here. lots of squelchy
squidgy distorto jungle action with a really cool melody/chord
progression built around that plinky piano theme from the end of the
original version. a really cool bit of pitch mangled vocals leads
into a seriously distorted drum 'n' synth sequence. he then brings in
the melody from the end of the original and builds some really
haunting sections around it. this is just amazing, one of the best
vibert remixes ever i think.
NINE INCH NAILS - yes, this is the version trent did with my
ex-music-co-conspirator keith, and it is slamming. builds from
minimal distorto drums to jungle to pounding wall of... uh.. stuff,
with this excellent metallic bass sound underneath.
SPACETIME CONTINUUM - starts off nice with tinkly clean synths before
turning into a sorta clanky detroity thing. kinda boring and doesn't
really go anywhere. if you're a jonah fan you'll love it i'm sure.
THE ORB - for once an orb remix that actually bears some kind of
resemblance to the original work! fragments of vocals spin in and out
through the usual orb vocal mangling effects. the beat lurches along
kinda like a demented techno version of tom waits.
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