Nav Katze – Never Mind The Distortion II

What a line up of inspirational artists, from 1997, so whilst DJs were coining it in being superstars in mega clubs, these artists were quietly revolutionising their sound but the best thing is that these artists are still around in 2021 making music in new innovative ways. Maybe I am buying into the all the mystique BS but proper artists create and find it hard to do anything else.

Nav Katze submit themselves to another round of abstract remixes on NEVER MIND THE DISTORTION II. And while the remixers here might not have the instanteous clout as the batch on the first round, the results are nonetheless great. Both the Gentle People and Sun Electric keep the vocals mostly intact, the former putting a lava lamp-ready lounge spin on "Ready to Go," while the latter spin an ambient-electric web around "Borderless #2." Disjecta gets three mixes under his belt (possibly four, if you count the bright and shiny Seefeel mix of "Happier..."), most of which crunch industrial rhythms with vocal fragments (the ones on "Tightrope" sound vaguely feline). And instead of the drill 'n' bass for which he's now known, µ-ziq travels a more sedate path. An Autechre mix of "Happy?" closes out the album on with rhythm and (occasionally harsh) filtered sounds. Never mind the distortion indeed!