Carl Craig & Moritz von Oswald - ReComposed - New Mixes By Ricardo Villalobos & Carl Craig

It's nice to hear a song (the C2 remix) from this album that's more club orientated, but for me, the killer song on this record is the Villalobos remix. Reminiscent of Philip Glass, he plays with the same loop, repeating and repeating forcing the listener into a trance while he brings the melody in and out. The minimal beat remains throughout the song as he plays with organic sounds. When I got it, I played through the b-side five times without realising what I was doing. Genius track with three of the most important electronic producers in the last 10/15 years all contributing. Best record I've purchased all year.

I'm generally conflicted about Carl's music. When he makes club oriented tracks like this one, he cannot be stopped. Some of his more classic sounding soulful records I cannot get into. For this release, refined simplicity and years of production experience come through in a very raw, not trying to please anyone in particular type attitude. In the heart of the track there are very subtle percussion layers that bounce, trickle, and ride their way right into the base of your brain stem. Bassline is bananas when you really dig into it on some speakers but isn't so apparent when you sample it. My friend was standing right next to the sub when I was previewing this at the record store and picked up on the lows that I missed. He convinced me to buy it. This is a heavy, glossy, cleanly pressed vinyl. Classy presentation for an outstanding record.