Various Artists - Reich Remixed (1999)
Various Artists: Reich Remixed (1999)
Classical | EAC (APE & CUE) | 359 MB
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Classical | EAC (APE & CUE) | 359 MB
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Steve Reich is probably the most remix-ready of contemporary classical composers, which makes this project a good idea whose time should have come long ago. His minimalist twelve-tone symphonettes are constructed around trippy circular riffs that just beg to be sliced up into loops and juxtaposed against steely drum-machine rhythms. Happily, the nine mixmaster generals on Reich Remixed have radically different notions of how to go about doing this. The British duo Coldcut pile mushrooming synths and modern-primitive beats onto Reich's classic "Music for 18 Musicians," rattling his serene dreamscape with ambient-techno mayhem. Nobukazu Takemura taps into the becalming spirituality of "Proverb" by adding a gently pulsing electronic undertow and a soaring choirboy vocal. And, true to form, DJ Spooky delves into pure metal-machine music abstraction with his take on "City Life." Reich purists may take issue with Remixed, but if it leads a few inquiring minds to check out the original recordings, it's a mission accomplished. (RS 811)MARC WEINGARTEN
There are nine listed cuts on the album:
- Music For 18 Musicians (Coldcut Remix) - Steve Reich
- Eight Lines (Howie B Remix) - Bang On A Can/Bradley Lubman
- The Four Sections (Andrea Parker Remix) - London Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas
- Megamix (Tranquility Bass Remix) - Steve Reich/London Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas/Theatre Of Voices
- Drumming (Mantronik Maximum Drum Formula) - Steve Reich
- Proverb (Nobukazu Takemura Remix) - Theatre Of Voices
- Piano Phase (D*Note’s Phased & Konfused Mix) - Double Edge
- City Life (DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid Open Circuit) - The Steve Reich Ensemble/Bradley Lubman
- Come Out (Ken Ishii Remix) - Steve Reich
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