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ROY AYERS - REMIXED EP5
2x12 ( NEW)
A1: Brand New Feeling (Phil Asher Main Mix)
A2: Kwajilori (King Britt Scuba Mix)
B1: Kwajilori (Sir Piers Remix)
B2: Brand New Feeling (Phil Asher Dub Mix)
C1: Come to Me (Franck Roger Main Mix)
C2: What's the T? (Kings of Soul Remix)
D1: I am Your mind Part II (Basement Jaxx Dreamz Mix)
D2: Come to Me (Franck Roger Dub)
On BBE Music.
The queue of remixers must have been mighty long, with the fifth installment of Roy Ayers Virgin Ubiqiuity package rolling in with more quality interpretations of the good man's work.
‘Phlash’ kicks off proceedings with a nine-minute mix of Brand New Feeling. Bassy and epic, pka as ‘Restless Soul’ he delivers another trademark floor filler. Phil Asher is a true legend for the off-beat house scene. Whether banging out cutting-edge house at Ministry, pioneering the broken beat scene at Plastic People’s seminal Co-Op night, or producing modern-day classics such as Nathan Haines’s Sound Travels, this man’s importance to making London a better place after dark should be ranked alongside the installation of CCTV on the N55. Also featured is the Dub.
Next up is King Britt, with a reworking of Kwajilori. Britt creates a textbook lush soundscape replete with mute guitars, plinky keys, and driving congas. Deep and sublimely produced, the Philadelphia producer has been making his loyal listeners’ lives less stressful since his days with the Digable Planets.
A lovely breakdown rounds off Sir Piers’ excellent take on Kwajilori over on Side B. With strong support from the likes of MAW, and a new monthly residency at Neighbourhood, Sir Piers is being touted for big success in 2006. This remix is a case in point; strong-minded, musical, disco house.
Franck Roger provides the treatment for Come To Me on Side C. Roger is a French-based DJ rapidly gaining critical acclaim for that brand of Gallic house we all know and love. No, not the one purveyed by the likes of David Guetta. Roger’s sound is as deep and warm as an oak-aged Pinot Noir, and he seems poised to assume his place in the pantheon of French turntable heroes among the likes of DJ Deep. Side D comes with the Dub and Instrumental.
Next up is Booker T’s Kings of Soul remix of What’s the T? A chunky, main room, mid-set banger, the mix is awash with trumpets and string arrangements. Producer/DJ Booker T pulls no punches here with a decadent and hedonistic good-time remix.
Basement Jaxx’s remix of I Am Your Mind rounds off the E.P. with a typically energetic offering from the Brixton duo. A swirling, twisting melting pot of pads and synths, the boys chuck every machine in the studio into the mix and create a toxic, futuristic jamboree that nonetheless winks at their heritage at the heart of early ‘90s Camberwell warehouse parties
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