Re: (idm) East Flatbush remix thing/I buy a trance record/Bola LP

From Rodney Perkins
Sent Mon, Nov 30th 1998, 18:05

Is this the Chocolate Industries version? LP or CD? If its the C. I.
version, a tracklisting would be nice to compare to the Ninja Tune version.
Details, please!


>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.
>
>Got the Alien 12" on (goddamit) Blue Room Released. The original is 
>appallingly bad, the As One remix is big-beat sounding (whats up 
>Kirk?!?) but the Plaid remix is cool and sweet.
>
>Bola LP is really nice. Quite old-sounding, like the first Gescom on 
>Skam. But pretty nice although _Aguilla_ is the stand-out of this, as it 
>was on the 7". A bit samey perhaps and the opening tracks sounds like 
>Vangelis remixed it. Great sleeve design.
>
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