dZihan & Kamien ‎– Refreaked

Mediocre compilation of remixes made for dZihan & kamien released in a time when any cut & paste and ordinary layers of sounds were at its peak. That time was when everybody and every label was releasing some kind of uber-depressive compilation with the name 'chill-out' on the cover.

Anyway... back to this album. I only purchased it for the Herbert mix which is, as usual, superb although not the best of his creations.

Avoid if you are not a collector.

Dzihan & Kamien’s album Freaks and Icons gets Refreaked by an impressive array of electronic talent who equal if not surpass the originals. Herbert’s retake on “Before,” for instance, adds the light vocals of Dani Siciliano, and turns it into a light house track; Atjazz does the same for “After.” Hefner speeds up “Slowhand Hussein” and cranks the funk level up to 10; Menu B throws down a free-jazz jam on “Spacewater.” Two mixes of the fragile “Smile” appear here: Eddy and Dus give the track some mid-tempo breaks, while Fox 42 sprinkles the track with some acid. A worthy accompaniment to the original album.

Trivia note: even though the album is released on Six Degrees, the Japanese text running down the left-hand side says "Couch Records."