(idm) A Guy Called Gerald: The Curse of Voodoo Ray
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A Guy Called Gerald/Lisa May: The curse of Voodoo Ray (Juice Box)
1. Alex Reece - spirit of 88 mix
2. Francois Kevorkian - smoothie mix
3. Man'chiavellian - full 8 mins edit mix
4. Justin Robertson - lionrock soundtrack mix
5. K Groove - voodoo groove mix
6. A Guy Called Gerald - original mix
7. Man'chiavellian - radio edit mix
Five new remixes of the classic rave anthem "Voodoo Ray" all doing
something a little different. The Alex Reece mix sounds like your
typical Alex Reece tune with vocal snippets from the original thrown
in. The Francois Kevorkian mix is a shuffling trancy-techno piece
that reminded me of a Mark Broom track with a "..deja.." sample being
the only link to the original. The Man'chiavellian mix is a hard house
affair that takes takes a number of the vocal pieces from the original
and loops them into rhythm and melody tracks but halfway through this
mix the hard house shifts to breakbeat using the signature voodoo
ray meldoy and "vooo-dooo ray" sample. This mix will probably bet the
most play in the clubs. The Justin Robertson mix was by far my favorite
utilizing the signiture voodoo ray melody with a lone whining guitar
line, a groovy triphop bassline, and a xylaphone. The "vooo-dooo ray"
sample abounds as does the sample "now back to modern times..." Finally
the K Groove mix returns to the house formula utilizing much of the
original.
This is a nice pack of remixes all of which breath new life into a
classic. These mixes all reflect the work of the remixers more than
that of Gerald Simpson so this really shouldn't be considered a new A
Guy Called Geral release but more of an updating of an old favorite.
8/10
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