ARTIST...: Darling Farah
TITLE....: Body Remixed EP
YEAR.....: 2012
LABEL....: Civil Music
CAT.NO...: CIV048
GENRE....: Techno
TIME.....: 28:31 min
SIZE.....: 65.33 MB
QUALITY..: 320kbps/44.1kHz/Joint-Stereo
ENCODER..: LAME
SOURCE...: MP3
RLS.DATE.: 2012/10/30
WEBSITE..: http://www.civilmusic.com/buy/body-remixed/
TRACKLIST
01) (07:35) Aaangel (Darling Farah's Live Edit)
02) (06:26) Body (Jimmy Edgar Remix)
03) (06:46) Aaangel (Lando Kal Remix)
04) (07:44) Fortune (Bambounou Remix)
"Body Remixed" follows Darling Farah's critically acclaimed debut album "Body". Jimmy
Edgar, Lando Kal and Bambounou each choose tracks from the LP to remix and Darling
Farah's adds his own "Live Edit" of "Aaangel".
Darling Farah's Live edit of Aaangel revises the beautiful simplicity of the
original. A pulsing beat intensifies as it rises through sublime pads and primal
harmonies. FarahÆs trademark sparse atmospherics become charged as the rhythms gather
pace. Brimming in sensation and swelling around a muted driving pneumatic groove the
track mirrors the experience of Darling Farah's exhilarating and synapse synced live
performances. Fusing the purist aesthetics of his native Detroit with mechanical soul
he builds energy effortlessly, creating sublime dancefloor tension, rewarding
anticipation and heightening senses with the subtle euphorics and delayed
pyrotechnics of his unique machinist teutonics.
Jimmy Edgar has been at the forefront of the electronic music spectrum for more than
decade with releases on Warp, Steve Bug's Poker Flat, Citinite, Isophlux, Studio !K7,
Glass Table, Nonplus and more recently on Scuba's Hotflush label. The now Berlin
based, Detroit native reworks his Motor City brethren's LP title track, "Body".
Rippling '90s House riffs, smouldering rhythms and fizzing ambience jam with raunchy
vocals and the learned understanding of original Electro, House and Techno borne of
steamier Detroit 'floors. Include a debonaire's taste for slicker, modern European
electronics, the breathy vocal shards of the original and a added nagging vocal hook
"You got to.." and presumably you will "move your...".
Lando Kal is known to many as one half of Bay Area Hip Hop duo Laser Sword, to others
it's his cyber-fresh techno/house/garage hybrid 12"s on Scuba's Hotflush Label and
for Rush Hour that has focused their attention on the now Berlin based producers
outstanding and unique output. Stylistically tending towards to the later he
continues his lengthy purple patch with his remix of "Aaangel". Cutting advanced
electronic funk and rolling Techno he flexes some powerful production muscle
reconstructing the melody and adding futuristic robotic vocals "I need to find my
Aaangel". Cold sleazed-up techno and lush digital ambience heavily imbued with
floating smoky seduction. This is a skillfully nuanced and spacious groover that
really bumps.
Finally, Parisian producer and Joaquim collaborator Bambounou (who has just announced
his debut album for Modeselektor's 50 Weapons imprint) wraps things up with his heavy
tech-house take on "Fortune", Part of Paris's YoungGunz crew (other members include
French Fries and Manare) he offers a jacking, cyclic piece of percussive and
syncopated techno that builds on the minimal dub techno aesthetic of the original,
adding the slightest pinch a ghetto-tech flavour with its high-torque kick and melody
eschewing low-end. Dark and paradoxically warm Bambounou expertly balances rhythm and
bass making a track highly effective for both head and feet.
"Body Remixed" is released October 22nd 2012 on Civil Music on 12" Vinyl and
Download.
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