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Music for 18 Musicians [Coldcut Remix]
Steve Reich
Reich Remixed
Nonesuch : 1999
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Delucid
Pest
All Out Fall Out
Ninja Tune : 2005
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I am being swarmed right now with stuff to do, but a quick 5 minute slab of time affords me the simple pleasure of tending to my little sound shack on the internet.

Steve Reich is an absolute god of that avant-garde dimension within minimalist and modal music. Composing intricate "process music" since the 1960s, he's hardly the obvious candidate for a remix album. However, Nonesuch did put forth a valiant attempt to do just that, and while it falls short on most efforts, this track is reasonable enough. Unfortunately, it's more a example of Coldcut fitting Reich to their style of music as opposed to Coldcut fitting themselves to Reich's original composition [and intentions], but it still works well as a driving, spacious ambient piece. [I also intend to do a short series of Steve Reich posts in the near future, maybe a couple of weeks? Not only Reich, but some other heavy hitters within that family -- Glass, LM Young, Riley etc]

It doesn't really grasp Reich or show a great understanding for his sound, but like I said, it does the job. Coldcut find the pulse of the original and infuse their own electronic colour.

As for Pest, they're yet another jack-of-all-trades outfit slumming about in the Ninja Tune stables. It's a wacky mess of jazz, fractured funk, techno and British garage that is easy on the ears and hell on the hips [gettit? It makes you dahhnce, my lovelies]. Opening with a quirky nylon-string guitar riff, it quickly whips up into a grooving little track, complete with horns and the occasional wah-wah blast.

I wish I could stay longer, but commitment pulls me away. More tomorrow, I swear.