For once the remix maestro, who’s fiddled with songs by Michael Jackson, B52s, The Prodigy and Brian Eno to name but a few, gets the studio treatment of songs from the original Last Night album.
We get the original title track in its intended form, closing this release, and unless you’re familiar with that album, which I’m not, it’s hard to know how far, or not, these tracks have been morphed. Also, dance ain’t my bag – I only have a certain tole
rance to overblown BPMs anyway– but this crew have nailed a stylish album, full of sophistication, subtlety and class.
Out of the woodwork come stellar tweekers the Shapeshifters and Freemasons who add their Midas touch. Clearly destined for the club / dance scene, each track, as they do, seamlessly shift along. As you can see, songs are repeated, with new names cropping
up to add their personalised takes on Moby’s nifty musicality.
It starts with the thumping funky groove of I Love You by Holy Ghost! which has a sharp brass section and good old fashioned bongos which melts into the monster production of Ooh Yeah. Tocadisco’s Live For Tomorrow is not so hot, though The Shapeshifters
do a great job, as expected on I’m In Love, as do Freemasons on pulsating Disco Lies which includes a cracking songbird, though Spencer & Hill’s version is not so good.
Other crackers are the complex but inventive The Stars by AC Slater, and the staccato heavy Ooh Yeah by D.Ramirez which show a sharp knowledge of dynamics and variation. The Style Of Eye Piano Remix of I Love To Move In Here is really cool, even if rather
one dimensional.
After the endless sonic BPMs, chilling Last Night is very welcome.
1. I Love To Move In Here – Holy Ghost! Remix
2. Ooh Yeah – Kris Menace Remix
3. Live For Tomorrow – Tocadisco Mix
4. I’m In Love – The Shapeshifters Maximal Remix
5. Disco Lies – Freemasons Club Mix
6. I Love To Move In Here – Seamus Haji Remix
7. Alice – General Midi Remix
8. The Stars – AC Slater Remix
9. Disco Lies – Spencer & Hill Remix
10. Alice – Drop The Lime-Heavy Bass Remix
11. Ooh Yeah- D.Ramirez Haunted Playground Remix
12. I’m In Love – Mason’s Glowsticks Mix
13. I Love To Move In Hear – Style Of Eye Piano Remix
14. Last Night – Album Version
DVDs reviewed by the editor are watched on a Panasonic TXW32R4 32" widescreen TV
connected to either a Creative Dxr2 DVD-ROM player or Microsoft Xbox and
played through a Sony STR-DB930 amplifier.
PC games reviewed by the editor are on:
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