Ellen Allien – Remix Collection

Ellen Allien turns her considerable talents towards remixing others on this collection, showing her mastery of any number of styles. From the industrial breaks of Sascha Funke's "Forms and Shapes" to the ghetto funk of Gold Chains' "Let's Get It On." She brings a club sensibility to "Koax," from her erstwhile collaborator, Apparat, while O M R's "The Way We Have Chosen" has an electro-indie feel. She has the opportunity to mix her own "Alles Sehen," and she pumps the sound levels up to full the aural space; for Barbara Morgenstern's "Aus Heiterem Himmel," however, she lets the tones linger to create a more dreamlike state. But the pure techno banging of Gut-Humpe's "Butterfly" shows the Allien can lay on the trance beats as well as anything else. And with Miss Kittin and Goldenboy's eerie "Rippin Kittin," Allien doesn't downplay the paranoid tendencies of the track while making it eminently danceable. Allien as good with others as she is by herself.

the barb. morgenstern and sascha remixes are sincerely heavenly soundscapes, this record is worth it for those two alone. Aus Heiterem himmel is the perfect energy and length for parties that want to dance to techno b/c its hip or cool but get bored after 20 minutes.