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Chemical Brothers, The - Do It Again - 02-Jun-07 05:44 AM
Oliver Huntemanns Remix is utterly boring. Theres absolutely nothing to it except for tiring farty electro bassline and pedestrian 4/4 beats. For 7 minutes, it doesnt even go anywhere - just chugs along. I cant help but feel like he just used one of the demo tracks he made one sleepless evening in 1-2 hours and just added samples from the original to remind us the track is actually a remix of Do It Again. The fact that he didnt even apply any effects to vocals or other samples just backs up my theory.

Audion, on the other hand, has delivered a bloody FANTASTIC remake. Im really thankful that he didnt just copy-paste the vocals on top of his own instrumental. Instead of that, he chopped them up in the most fabulous way and its really spectacular that you can actually recognize all the samples from the original... but then, it sounds like a totally different track. Its in its own dimension... Very proggy ethereal spacey sound, which is totally different to the feeling of the Chemical Brothers version. Repetitive as it may seem, theres a lot of subtle changes going on throughout 9 minutes and somehow, I never get tired of hearing it. Tracks like this make me realize why so many people like minimal techno. Jaw-droppingly stunning.

Depeche Mode - The Darkest Star - 06-Jan-07 01:20 PM
James Holden does his magic in this outstanding remix. He turns "The Darkest Star" into a brooding spooky progressive minimal monster, which could easily be a soundtrack to some Dracula movie. Dave Gahans slowed-down vocals are absolutely unbelievable and just add to the dark atmosphere of the remix. Stunning highlight of both Depeche Mode and Holden carreers.
Dub on the flip-side isnt as appealing though, its less atmospheric and focuses more on glitchy minimal production. However, the complex structure of the track is definitely not to be missed.

Underworld - Bruce Lee - 17-Oct-06 12:30 AM
Underworlds BRUCE LEE EP is surely one mixed bag of mediocrity, greatness and weirdness. The title track is easily one of Underworlds most mediocre, Im still confused as to why it was even released as a single. However, The Micronauts prove that remixing can turn anything into something great. They take Bruce Lee into a dark experimental territory and put out a menacing squelchy monster. However, the real gem here is the incredibly beautiful and heart-warming remix of Cups by Salt City Orchestra. Truly music for the soul and one of most monumental deep house tracks ever produced. Dobropet mix of Bruce Lee is just plain weird - just crowd noise over glitchy 4/4 beat.

This is the kind of releases thats very hard to rate. On one hand, I could easily give 5/5 for tracks 2 and especially 3, but tracks 1 and 4 are really not my cup of tea. So, 4/5 overall.

Who's Who? - Sexy F**k - 29-Aug-06 04:55 AM
Probably one of the dumbest house tracks Ive ever heard, but damn, this is catchy! Its all in the "So f**king sexy...Youre a sexy f**k" vocal sample - once you hear it, it sticks with you for ages. Production-wise, its very stripped down - massive beats, electro-bass and nothing else, but it works really well on dancefloors. Steve Angello Edit is a lovely glitchy minimal piece reminiscent of recent James Holden productions - something for minimal techno sets. Laidback Luke Remix, on the other hand, sounds a bit too much - its quite OK, but he totally overdid it and deprived the original of its charm.
All in all, a really worthy release - tongue-in-cheek house music for open minded people with sense of humour.

Amorphous Androgynous - The Isness - 19-Jul-06 12:02 AM
The main problem with The Isness is that it was released by people who are known to be FSOL and it was marketed as the first FSOL album in 7 years. As a result, all the attention was received from IDM/ambient fans, whereas the fans of psychedelic and prog rock didnt bother with the CD because most of them surely do not care much about FSOL. This seems pretty logical, I mean... You cant really expect too many electronica fans to like Pink Floyd-esque prog/psychedelic rock music. Neither can you expect prog rock fans to start buying FSOL albums. Therefore, this album was only positively received by the most open-minded FSOL fans and occasional prog rock fans who stumbled across the album by accident or recommendation - and thats not too many people at all.

From the musical point of view, this album is miraculous. Its an absolutely unforgettable experience, a trip into a nicer world of positive sounds, asian motives and soothing ambient soundscapes. "Divinity", "Meadows" and "Go Tell It To The Trees Egghead" alone are some of the most positively charged tracks Ive ever come across. The album might not be as innovative as FSOL albums, but all those pretentious seekers of innovative music should go to hell. Not always does the music have to be innovative. Sometimes it can just sound good. It really does feel like The Isness was produced with great care and a lot of love was put into it. A really light-hearted album that sort of tells you "Dont take life too serious, have fun, enjoy what you have - thats the main thing".

Its an absolute crying shame that such a divine album never got a chance to do its magic and has always been surrounded by mixed feelings and disappointments. Its even more absurd that a lot of people were getting put off by the album even before listening to it, simply because the answer to their question "Hows the new FSOL album?" was "Bollocks... Shitty hippy guitar stuff".

This album is one of the few TRUE timeless masterpieces. Its just that in a better world, it wouldnt be so slagged off and overlooked. I just wish with all my heart that The Isness somehow finds its way to people who need to hear it and can appreciate it as much as I do and as much as it deserves.

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