A rare, timid stab at a review...
Laurent Garnier: Coloured City EP, with the Black Dog remix of Crispy
Bacon
The remix is heavy, slow, funereal, dubby, not really what I expected.
But then again I don't really know what to expect from Ken anymore,
which is a good thing theoretically. Reminded me of Massive Attack and
Joy Division - it's got that murky atmosphere (there's a JD pun :). I
had to strain to think it was a Black Dog remix, although that burden
eases up when the snares come in later in the track - then it sounds a
bit more trademarked. As Music for Adverts was for me, there's nothing
here that hooks you in the first time around, but it could be more of a
grower.
With respect to the recent round of comparisons between Ken and Ed/Andy,
this remix won't win back any Plaid fans who didn't take to MfA. As for
Plaid, the WAP100 track worried me a little - I hope they don't catch
the Autechre bug and start producing minimal, tinny soundscapes a la
Funkstorung, whom I like but are maximally derivative.
James Jung-Hoon Seo
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