Thursday, March 08, 2007

LOGANMIX003: metempsychosis i

I originally had this elaborate plan to make a mixtape in which every artist remixed the subsequent track in the compilation (ie. Since I Left You [Cornelius Remix] would lead into I'm A Cuckoo [Avalanches Remix]), but this turned out to be a real pain in the ass and sounded really terrible (trust me, nobody wants to hear the Blur remix of Massive Attack's Angel).

Instead, by sheer inertia and torpor, the track-listing morphed into a general state of the union on the art of remixing during the past three years.

When the dust settled this included tracks from remix gods like Jacques Le Cont (aka. The Thin White Duke) to personal takes from legendary artists (ie. the Pet Shop Boys). Some of the songs are faithful interpretations with added thump for the dance-floor (ie. Phones Disco Edit), while others cast aside the original almost entirely. Like Hot Chip who reimagines the Scissor Sisters' Take Your Mama Out as if it were played by a kazoo marching band or Max Tundra who puts Franz Ferdinand in a game of dodgeball with ping-ponging Van Halen synths.

So you have to ask yourself: do ya, do ya wanna?

1. The Conductor (Thin White Duke Remix) - The Faint [Danse Macabre Remixes]
2. Miracle (The Rapture Remix) - Supersytem [Miracle, Click-Click, Miracle 12'' Single]
3. Black History Month (Alan Braxe & Fred Falke Remix) - Death From Above 1979 [Black History Month 7'' Single]
4. Banquet (Phones Disco Edit) - Bloc Party [Silent Alarm Remixed]
5. Never Win (Benny Benassi Remix) - Fischerspooner [Never Win Single]
6. Take Your Mama Out (Hot Chip Remix) - Scissor Sisters [Take Your Mama Out 12'' Single]
7. Do You Want To? (Max Tundra Remix) - Franz Ferdinand [The Fallen Single]
8. Nanny Nanny Boo Boo (Junior Senior Mix) - Le Tigre [DJ Kicks: Annie]
9. Chewing Gun (Mylo Remix) - Annie [Chewing Gum Single]
10. Suffer Well (M83 Remix) - Depeche Mode [Suffer Well Single]
11. Come Into My World (Fischerspooner Mix) - Kylie Minogue [Come Into My World Single]
12. Sorry (PSB Maxi-Mix) - Madonna [Sorry EP]
13. Only (Richard X Mix) - Nine Inch Nails [Everyday Is Exactly the Same EP]
14. Clocks (Röyksopp Trembling Heart Mix) - Coldplay [Clocks Single]

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

gracias por la compilacion

i particularly enjoyed tracks 3, 4, 7, and 10. it was kinda hard for me to get into some of them, not having heard the original, but the whole thing still got me grooving at work.

p.s. wtf ian? 114 minutes?

Fri Mar 09, 08:55:00 PM MST  
Blogger Pela said...

Jazzercise loves the Fischerspooner remix of Come Into My World.

They do a cool down to it, and it's great.

Sat Mar 10, 01:08:00 PM MST  

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