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From:
Jeremy Axon
To:
it disgusts me
Date:
Mon, 30 Nov 1998 12:57:00 -0500
Subject:
Re: (idm) East Flatbush remix thing/
Msg-Id:
<3.0.6.32.19981130125700.007ccb30@mail.prismlaurier.org>
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At 03:49 AM 11/30/98 PST, you wrote:
quoted 11 lines Grabbed this immediately but was pretty disappointed. Squarepusher turns>Grabbed this immediately but was pretty disappointed. Squarepusher turns >in the best remix - sped up vocals and funky beat but tied nicely into >his live sound. Autechre mix is okay but not one of their best, Freeform >was a bit aimless, Phoenecia was pretty nice - I liked this one. >Funkstorung was okay but again, totally average. The Sluta Leta remix is >probably the most different - some nice sounds but doesn't do that much. > >I thought there'd at least be one or two really good remixes on here but >everything sounded a bit unsurprising - remix by numbers, the >Squarepusher remix is cool though. >
I felt much the same. Is it just me or are all the remixes either super-Autechre-y (Funkstorung, Sluta Leta, Phonecia, Bisk, Ae, Trapezoid....) or sound like the original (Herbaliser, Nick Fury, Ko-Wreck Technique...)? Best thing about it is the DR sleeve... -jerremy