Re: (idm) East Flatbush remix thing/

From Jeremy Axon
Sent Mon, Nov 30th 1998, 17:50

At 03:49 AM 11/30/98 PST, you wrote:
>Grabbed this immediately but was pretty disappointed. Squarepusher turns 
>in the best remix - sped up vocals and funky beat but tied nicely into 
>his live sound. Autechre mix is okay but not one of their best, Freeform 
>was a bit aimless, Phoenecia was pretty nice - I liked this one. 
>Funkstorung was okay but again, totally average. The Sluta Leta remix is 
>probably the most different - some nice sounds but doesn't do that much.
>
>I thought there'd at least be one or two really good remixes on here but 
>everything sounded a bit unsurprising - remix by numbers, the 
>Squarepusher remix is cool though.
>

I felt much the same. Is it just me or are all the remixes either
super-Autechre-y (Funkstorung, Sluta Leta, Phonecia, Bisk, Ae,
Trapezoid....) or sound like the original (Herbaliser, Nick Fury, Ko-Wreck
Technique...)?

Best thing about it is the DR sleeve...

-jerremy