Body Remixed

A 4 track techno ep (28m 30s) — released October 22nd 2012 on Civil Music

'Body Remixed' follows Darling Farah's critically acclaimed debut album 'Body'. Jimmy Edgar, Lando Kal and Bambounou each choose tracks from the LP to remix and Darling Farah's adds his own 'Live Edit' of 'Aaangel'

Darling Farah's Live edit of Aaangel revises the beautiful simplicity of the original. A pulsing beat intensifies as it rises through sublime pads and primal harmonies. Farah's trademark sparse atmospherics become charged as the rhythms gather pace. Brimming in sensation and swelling around a muted driving pneumatic groove the track mirrors the experience of Darling Farah's exhilarating and synapse synced live performances. Fusing the purist aesthetics of his native Detroit with mechanical soul he builds energy effortlessly, creating sublime dancefloor tension, rewarding anticipation and heightening senses with the subtle euphorics and delayed pyrotechnics of his unique machinist teutonics.

Jimmy Edgar has been at the forefront of the electronic music spectrum for more than decade with releases on Warp, Steve Bug's Poker Flat, Citinite, Isophlux, Studio !K7, Glass Table, Nonplus and more recently on Scuba's Hotflush label. The now Berlin based, Detroit native reworks his Motor City brethren's LP title track, 'Body'. Rippling '90s House riffs, smouldering rhythms and fizzing ambience jam with raunchy vocals and the learned understanding of original Electro, House and Techno borne of steamier Detroit 'floors. Include a debonaire's taste for slicker, modern European electronics, the breathy vocal shards of the original and an added nagging vocal hook "You got to.." and presumably you will "move your...;"

Lando Kal is known to many as one half of Bay Area Hip Hop duo Laser Sword, to others it's his cyber-fresh techno/house/garage hybrid 12"s on Scuba's Hotflush Label and for Rush Hour that has focused their attention on the now Berlin based producers outstanding and unique output. Stylistically tending towards to the later he continues his lengthy purple patch with his remix of 'Aaangel'. Cutting advanced electronic funk and rolling Techno he flexes some powerful production muscle reconstructing the melody and adding futuristic robotic vocals "I need to find my Aaangel". Cold sleazed-up techno and lush digital ambience heavily imbued with floating smoky seduction. This is a skillfully nuanced and spacious groover that really bumps.

Finally, Parisian producer and Joaquim collaborator Bambounou (who has just announced his debut album for Modeselektor's 50 Weapons imprint) wraps things up with his heavy tech-house take on 'Fortune', Part of Paris's YoungGunz crew (other members include French Fries and Manare) he offers a jacking, cyclic piece of percussive and syncopated techno that builds on the minimal dub techno aesthetic of the original, adding the slightest pinch a ghetto-tech flavour with its high-torque kick and melody eschewing low-end. Dark and paradoxically warm Bambounou expertly balances rhythm and bass making a track highly effective for both head and feet.

REVIEW CONFIRMED Big into the Jimmy Edgar and Bambounou mixes. Full support. - Joe DJ Mag

Simple, effective techno. Farah's is the one. - Tom Banham Juno Plus

Jimmy Edgar over delivers on his killer version. Truly BIG - Chewy RWD Mag

Certifiable source of stellar remixes. Lando and Bambounou bring the most-dance ready vibes to the release but the Live Edit is a wonder to behold. - Mitch Strashnov URB

Lando Kal is the winner for me! Full Support on whole release. - Martyn DJ

Bambounou and Jimmy Edgar are my favorites on this good remix project. This release has remixes for everyone... - Lefto DJ

bambounou remix is the one for me, seriously funky drive to it - 2652 DJ

Big fan of Farah's stuff, always a pleasure to check. the bambounou remix takes the prize for me here tho, great heads down groover, thx! - Ben Sims DJ

Darling Farah's tracks always seem to draw me in. The live edit is a luscious robert hood -esque workout that belies the young age of the producer. The level of maturity present in his own tracks is outstanding. I'm feeling Lando Kal's darker take on this - he' sounding more and more german with every release! wonderfully structured Jimmy's edit does the job, lovely warm bass synth is very effective, I like the garagey swing too. I'd probably be least likely to play bambounou's remix, this is a bit too main room techno for my taste, I could imagine getting down to it in a main room though. - Bradley Zero Boiler Room

loving the sparse and delicate live edit of - Prins Thomas DJ

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