From GD Sent Wed, Oct 15th 1997, 03:44
From GD Sent Wed, Oct 15th 1997, 03:44
After listening to this EP a few times, I'd say this kind of spotty, pretty much like anything RDJ does anymore. My observations: "Come to Daddy, Pappy mix". This is marginal even as a pisstake. Maybe this will appeal to Prodigy fans who don't get the humor. Whatevah. "Flim". Beautiful. Gorgeous. Nice melody w/appropiately reverbed harp and ocarina-ish sounds; beats are smooth and subdued. Damn, why doesn't Mr. James make more tracks like this one? Also nice how he adds another measure at the end of some of the sections. "Come to Daddy, Little Lord Faulteroy mix". Silly samples of kids. Doesn't sound much like the "Pappy mix"; beats are a lot slower and there's more melody. "Bucephalus Bouncing Ball". Kind of gimmicky what with the bouncing ball-like effects. Mostly a rhythmic exercise with a bit of wobbly synth melody tacked on. Autechre used a ball-like sound to much better effect on "Cichlisuite". Sounds a lot like that "Spotlight" remix on the Wagon Christ 'Redone EP'. "To Cure A Weakling Child, Contour Regard". Pretty similar to the original - sounds like he took the source recording and then just applied various effects to it for the first part of it. The rest of it has the melody slowed down and refitted over a slightly different set of beats. "Funny Little Man". Nobody told me RDJ was supposed to remix an outtake from Prince's "Black Album". Out of all of the pop-music forays, this track is the most enjoyable. Nice poppy synth bass sounds alongside Star Wars droid chatter. Now if he would just do a version of "If I Was Your Girlfriend"... "Come To Daddy, Mummy mix." More rhythmic exercises with distorted bells, laser sounds, and peeling metal. A few well-placed dialogue samples. "IZ-US". This is more a Plug-style number with what sounds like sampled beats that aren't his own. All mixed with a bit of slightly melancholy synth tuneage. A sort of funky beat creeps in at the end. All in all not an excellent release, but worth the money. Worth the buy just for "Flim" and "Funny Little Man". GD