Trembling with anticipation I load my CD player. Remixes set out to improve and embellish the original, so I prepare to hear better versions of Tiga, UNKLE, N.E.R.D and Nine Inch Nails, amongst others. Savvy production team the DFA consist of Tim Goldsworthy and LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy. This is their second installment of remixes, and dawdles in parts.

Premiere cut ‘Far From Home’ by Tiga sets a lumbering pace. “With a spring in my step I just strut down the block,” boasts Tiga. Goldsworthy and Murphy manage to knock him out with a tranquillizer gun. Their minimalist, sparse grooves sap all energy from the original, and despite stretching over ten minutes this arrangement leaves you unsatisfied, like coitus interruptus.

Junior Senior implores ‘Shake Your Coconuts’ and the sexy, plucky base does its best to distribute aural Viagra. Lively bongo-driven percussion evokes the vibe of a Caribbean carnivale until discordant, screeching guitars replicate bad feedback at a dodgy live gig. The multitudinous outdoor summer festivals about to shake our shores would benefit from the inclusion of this track mixed well. Who are we to argue with lyrics like “eat our chips, we’ve got loads”?

Plentiful or not I’d rather have avoided consuming DFA’s Hot Chip. There’s definitely no chicken-salt here and ‘Colours’ have never seemed so lacklustre. Here lies the definitive venue-clearer for night’s end! Providing an alternative to popular past choices such as ‘Unfinished Sympathy’ by Massive Attack and Frank Sinatra’s ‘New York, New York’, the punters may be inclined to fall asleep on their feet approaching the exit whilst pondering these uninspired hues.

Red hot scorchers blaze back-to-back and redeem Chapter Two south of track 4. N.E.R.D is S.E.X.Y! Crazy organs strike a chord in the chorus, sure to devastate dancefloors and assert ‘She Wants To Move’. The DFA hammering of Nine Inch Nails is the album’s uncontested stand-out track. Urgent vocals, relentless bass and scattered bleeps crank ‘The Hand That Feeds’, making it irresistible. Come on, take a bite! You know you want to.

The DFA remix of Goldfrapp is track 7, as featured by Cut Copy on their noxiously addictive contribution to the Fabric series, Fabriclive:29. Tripped-out psychedelia serves as punctuation and we ‘Slide In’ willingly. Alison Goldfrapp’s sensuous vocal is enticing. The dynamic duo provides a perfect example of what could be achieved by DJs who invest in the double vinyl format which also features instrumental versions not available on CD.

Computer-generated warpedness elevates Chromeo into ‘Destination Overdrive’. Daft Punk’s ‘Around The World’ features similar vocal FX and the DFA’s tweaks create beats to annihilate discerning club-goers. Closing with hypnotic bleeps courtesy of UNKLE, the aptly titled ‘In A State’ would be best appreciated emulating the title and monging on a couch.

Rewarding moments are plentiful throughout DFA’s sophomore selection of remixes. The potential to make clubbers swoon is inherent particularly in ‘The Hand That Feeds’. A couple of the more repetitive offerings could be whittled down to shorten the excessive running time of 71:47 for 8 tracks. This would improve an otherwise DFA (Damn Fine Album).