I got my hands on a copy of the CD single version which
holds the original track as well as the four remixes. I
think it lasts approximately thirty seven and a half
minutes, and it's pretty much full on all the way.
STRETCH the remixes.
1.Original version.
I've liked this since i first heard it on the Jellytones CD
from last year. It's not my favourite track off Jellytones,
but it's excellent all the same. The track in true Ken
Ishii style is experimental and loosely falls around an
extremely lush rhythm.
2.Stretch Ian Pooley remix.
Ian Pooley, both house and techno producer, has produced
some excellent music. A particular favourite is his Twin
God vol 1 ep from a few years back. I think it features on
x-mix 3. This remix is nine and a half minutes long, and
continues the techno theme from the original. A strong beat
and a vague slow build up, until aproximately five minutes
through the track it becomes a killer, subtlety is the main
word here, and excellence of course.
3.Stretch regenerated.
Ken Ishii on his own mix, and boy dis he want to do
something different with it. Some form of Sampled Funky
slap bass type line with heavy effects, and well all round
it's hard to explain but sampled disco techno in an
extremely intelligent way! Humm.
4.Stretch Shogun remix.
Drum'n'Bass! Fast, furious, Jumpin'.
The beats are fast, and you can hear snippets of the
original, a feature that i've come to recognise in the other
tracks also. Remixed is definately the word. There's some
three note tune played over the top in true jazzy retro
style. the Rhythm is what this ones all about.
5.Stretch Frank de Wulf remix.
Frank de Wulf has taken a step towards breakbeats recently,
and this is the pinnacle as far as i'm concearned. It
sounds similar is some respects to the old hardcore sounds,
and drum'n'Bass and breakbeat techno, but with the cutting
of mr.Ishii's original strange sounds, sampling the
poriginal percussion and transforming it into breakbeats
makes this a truely amazing remix.
All in all a really cool package. It is a hard act to
follow, the extra single in the same way amazed me, but
without the same diversity that this package has got. The
JellyTones lp is probably the hardest act to follow, an
excellent lp, extremely well produced. Stretch, i must
admit, wouldn't have been my choice for the single, but
after hearing the remixes, i can guess why it was.
Nick.