The DFA Remixes, Chapter One
We all remember Superstar James Murphy from his role as lovable detective Stan Switek from TV's Miami Vice, but where he and his production partner Tim Goldsworthy really shine is behind the mixing desk of their NYC studio.
The LCD Soundsystem frontman and Tim are back with yet another promising record. It's called The DFA Remixes and it's full of, well, Remixes made by the DFA duo.
Death From Above, when they're not busy getting their name stolen by crazy Canadians, put out some of the best and most innovative remixes out there. Their post-apocalyptic disco punk demolition derby takes pop and not-so-pop music to intriguing and unexpected places, bringing the "More Cowbell!" philosophy to a new level, perhaps only equaled in their determination to revive dead percussive instruments by the Chicken Lips. And you know what? We want more.
The first volume in this new series of compilation assembles a few of their most notorious remixes in non chronological order, so you don't get just a record full of 'old stuff'. In fact, several of the tracks included here can still be frequently heard on dance floors worldwide, and some haven't even begun to get some serious play yet.
Several superior tracks have made the cut: the luscious too-sexy-for-Le Tigre version of "Deceptacon", the massive Soulwax dancefloor killer "Another Excuse", and the highly emotive remix of Hot Chip's "Breakdown", a track that simply eclipses the band's already solid original.
In fact, apart for perhaps DFA's retooling of the Chemical Brothers "The Boxer", there isn't a bad song on there. The casual LCD Soundsystem fan should however note that some of the tracks are quite long, bordering on ten minutes, and although they retain a certain post-funk vibe à la LCD they tend to run off towards – dare I say it – backgroundish ambient funk. Not bad, but it might not be what you were expecting and might require a little effort on your part.
What's nice about this record is that it does a good job of collecting DFA remixes that, unless you've been on the cutting-edge of music collecting for the last few years, have become hard to find or are only available on vinyl. Well worth picking up for any DFA enthusiast out there, if only to have these tracks on CD.
The LCD Soundsystem frontman and Tim are back with yet another promising record. It's called The DFA Remixes and it's full of, well, Remixes made by the DFA duo.
Death From Above, when they're not busy getting their name stolen by crazy Canadians, put out some of the best and most innovative remixes out there. Their post-apocalyptic disco punk demolition derby takes pop and not-so-pop music to intriguing and unexpected places, bringing the "More Cowbell!" philosophy to a new level, perhaps only equaled in their determination to revive dead percussive instruments by the Chicken Lips. And you know what? We want more.
The first volume in this new series of compilation assembles a few of their most notorious remixes in non chronological order, so you don't get just a record full of 'old stuff'. In fact, several of the tracks included here can still be frequently heard on dance floors worldwide, and some haven't even begun to get some serious play yet.
Several superior tracks have made the cut: the luscious too-sexy-for-Le Tigre version of "Deceptacon", the massive Soulwax dancefloor killer "Another Excuse", and the highly emotive remix of Hot Chip's "Breakdown", a track that simply eclipses the band's already solid original.
In fact, apart for perhaps DFA's retooling of the Chemical Brothers "The Boxer", there isn't a bad song on there. The casual LCD Soundsystem fan should however note that some of the tracks are quite long, bordering on ten minutes, and although they retain a certain post-funk vibe à la LCD they tend to run off towards – dare I say it – backgroundish ambient funk. Not bad, but it might not be what you were expecting and might require a little effort on your part.
What's nice about this record is that it does a good job of collecting DFA remixes that, unless you've been on the cutting-edge of music collecting for the last few years, have become hard to find or are only available on vinyl. Well worth picking up for any DFA enthusiast out there, if only to have these tracks on CD.
posted by Bruce Benson at
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
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