Anne Clark ‎– Wordprocessing (The Remix Project)

This CD contains a few remarkable numbers which you as fan of certain artists (say Total Eclipse or Juno Reactor) will not find elsewhere. At least, i have not. Personally, i appreciate Total Eclipse very much, including various remixes. This remix is one i appreciate. The melody of the original song is kept intact, while a few vocal samples are used to develop a quite nice goa trance song. Although i dislike vocals in electronic music (often meaningless or otherwise boring IMO) the vocals in this track are minimal hence not disturbing however the Hardfloor 97 version explain them more in detail as they're more complete. The Total Eclipse remix compared to the Hardfloor 97 remix: the latter is harder, vocal samples left more intact and more technoish. Pascal F.E.O.S. remix on Homecoming (which i happen to know original of) is a nice one: hard, stable, minimal techno with vocal samples nicely mixed into it. You probably are able to imagine what nice joke has been made with the "i maintain the beat" sample. Not exactly my style, but enjoyable. I'd say it is a diverse CD as in the genres/style of each track are diverse. As electronic music fan i was able to enjoy most of it, while i dislike wave/80s which seems to be what Anne Clark originally makes.

As often seems to be the case imho, these techno remixes of Anne Clark's greatest hits move a long way from the intention and feeling of the original songs.

Anne Clark the techno queen? The original songs used dainty analogue synths, piano melodies, and a voice that cut through a thousand miles of bullsh*t. Here, big beats and repetition swallow up what was once sublime, and spits it out the other side of the grinder.

Maybe I'm just a purist? Probably, but if you want to hear a good Anne Clark remix you're better off listening to Razormaid...