Swedish tech-house star Jori Hulkkonen has one in the long list of all star remixers assembled to rework Renaissance Man‘s lauded Project LP. Other producers called to action on the full album Remix Project include Matthew Herbert, Joakim, Dexter, WhoMadeWho and Paul Woolford. It all drops on Turbo Recordings March 19th.
DJ Mehdi
Red, Black & Blue
Released by Ed Banger
In 1988 eleven-year-old Mehdi Faveris Essadi acquired his first tape: Public Enemy's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. The rest is history and somewhat documented on this collection of remixes.
"When it comes to this remix game, I have only one rule: first there is THE BEAT. Remixing = beat making + having fun," says Mehdi.
After jumping on the ED Banger house-of-hits back in ’06, DJ Mehdi is prepping to drop an album of his own remixes. His last record proved him to be a standout amongst his labelmates, and this mix promises to be a dousy with Joakim, Etienne De Crecy, Sebastien Tellier, Cassius,Busy P, New Young Pony Club, …
Joakim
Milky Ways
Joakim's Milky Ways begins on an unpredictable decibel with a powerful and heavy metal inspired track, 'Back to Wilderness' clocking in at just over the 8-minute mark. From the very beginning, an atypical Joakim presents himself and his artistry as having an unpredictable direction (much like the vastness of intergalactic travel), forcing me to question whether this was a genuine Joakim album I was reviewing. However, after the excess of the power-ballad subsides, we are brought down to the characteristic electrorhythms with 'Ad Me' and the beautifully ...
Joakim
My Best Remixes
So, what exactly is techno-perfection? It's rather romantic to think that the answer lies in variety but let's face it: electro is half-jokingly notorious for having the same booms and blips throughout entire albums (or daresay catalogs). With French producer Joakim's latest compilation My Best Remixes, there are some songs that are quite unique while there are many others that seem to bleed into each other. Perhaps one's experience with the genre as a listener is the determining factor for just what this ratio is on this album. The ...










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