Leftfield - Song For Life

acorn92de, Jun 23, 2008

The Original from Leftfield came out in December 1992 on Hard Hands and was a massive (underground) record in the UK. Leftfield allowed only Underworld/Lemon Interrupt to do Remixes which where also superb. With the release of their album Leftism in early 1995 they did another version which was excellent too.

Now 16 years later Tim Davison does a Remix on White Label and the question is: How do you remix a tune which is already perfect? Well you can hear that Tim really appreciates the original because he stays close it with the driving rhythm and percussion. That is a good thing and of course you can play this tune and people who dont know the Original will say "That sounds cool and really rocks" while the others who know the Original will also enjoy it and remember the good old times.

But the problem about this Remix is that two main elements of the Original really get lost: The haunting female vocal of the Original only appears very shortly and the Progression of the Original at the End is completely missing. Tim Davison has made a tune which is a good dance record but far away from a piece of art as the Original from Leftfield is.

If you havent got the Original on Hard Hands: Buy it. This one here is a good record but not an anthem.

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