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(Groovescooter/Creative Vibes)
What can I say about a release like this? Don Meers’ recent album, Track Noise (which this CD is based upon) has already collected amazing reviews all around the country. I missed it first time round, but this remix project featuring some of the countries most on-form artists and producers has given me a second chance. Many of these artists have just been names to me up until now, with just the odd track heard by chance here and there.
All India Radio are a case in point. Having only heard a track of theirs on Tim Ritchie’s first Sound Quality a while back, I was spellbound by their reworking of ‘Fireworks At Night’. Next up, All India Radio join with Meers himself to work on the mournful ‘Pocket Full of Pills’. A slowed down almost catatonic male voice wanders over an atmospheric soundscape punctuated by the occasional beat. Later on, we get ENS’s breakbeat heavy, full of foreboding remix of ‘Only The Pain Will Set You Free’ followed by Gotye’s carnival-esque, funky remix of the same track. The two interesting and unique versions, perfectly illustrate the way this collection has managed to retain that cohesiveness that a lot of remix albums fall on.
When ‘Electronique Mascara’ turned up on the Clan Analogue/Groovescooter split 12” last year I was pretty impressed. The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T have managed to make it even better with acid grooves and warm atmospheric bass. The dumpHuck guys – Robokoneko and Disjunction Reunion – contribute evocative bleepy electronics that respectively remind me of Bill Laswell’s wonderful Bob Marley reworkings a few years back and some of Warp’s early output. Electronic wonderkid Tim Koch, from Adelaide’s Surgery records, reworks ‘A Walk Across The Water’. The crunchy beats and warm, sad sound make for probably my favourite track on the album.
Ask me tomorrow and it could be different though.. I tried not to, but it’s really quite difficult to do this album (or the artists involved) justice without commenting on just about every track. The people at Groovescooter must be putting something in the water down there. And on the strength of this remix album I’ll definitely be making up for lost time and hunting down the original release of Train Noise.
