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I've had this mix in mind for a while after stumbling across I Prefer The Remix where I found a mp3 of Jon Carter's remix of Cubik (well, it saved me ripping it from the 12").
Some remixes are a complete waste of time. They might just change the beat slightly or have the breakdown run for a bit longer or stick a 4-on-the-floor drumbeat over a rock song to make a club remix. You'll often hear a "breaks" remix is just the original tune with amen breaks laid over the top. Speed it up and you've got a drum and bass remix (like the Rcola remix, but I couldn't help myself). On the other hand, some can prove more popular than the original.
Timo Mass' remix of Doom's Night is the one everyone thinks of when you mention the song, so much so that other remixes are based on this version rather than the original. Jam & Spoon's remix of Age Of Love became the definitive version and has appeared on more compilations than the original mix and, as you'll see with Ed Solo's take on it, sometimes you can totally reinvent an old song.
You might even find a remix gets overlooked because it's on the flipside of a classic. That's why I've used the Morning Time Mix of You've Got The Love. It never stood a chance against Erin's Bootleg Mix. The Now Voyager Remix is another example of breathing new life into an old song.
I'm sure there are other remixes you think may have been on this mix. I did consider Born Slippy Nuxx, but the Nuxx version bares no resemblance to the original so I've always thought of it as an original song in it's own right.
Hopefully there's something here you've never heard before. There's a lot more out there than the main mix they keep hammering on MTV or Radio One. Sometimes you have to dig a little deeper, and remixes like these are your reward.
Enjoy.
01 - Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full (Seven Minutes Of Madness - The Coldcut Remix)
02 - Manic Street Preachers - La Tristesse Durera (Scream To A Sigh) (Dust Brothers Vocal Mix)
03 - The Prodigy - Voodoo People (Dust Brothers Remix)
04 - The Source ft Candi Staton - You Got The Love (Now Voyager Remix)
05 - The Source ft Candi Staton - You Got The Love (Morning Time Mix)
06 - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Summertime (Hybrid Mix)
07 - Mansun - Wide Open Space (Perfecto Mix)
08 - The Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats (The Micronauts Remix)
09 - The Stone Roses - I Am the Resurrection (Jon Carter Remix)
10 - The Charlatans - Nice Acre Dust (Chemical Brothers Remix)
11 - West Street Mob - Break Dance Electric Boogie (Junior Cartier Remix)
12 - 808 State - Cubik (Monkey Mafia Remix)
13 - Age Of Love - The Age Of Love (Watch Out For Stella Club mix)
14 - Rhythim Is Rhythim - Strings Of Life (Unreleased Mix)
15 - DJ Shadow ft Roots Manuva - GDMFSOB (Unkle Uncensored)
16 - Azzido Da Bass - Dooms Night (Timo Maas Remix)
17 - Humanoid - Stakker Humanoid (Plump DJs 2001 Retouch)
18 - Mike Oldfield - Sentinel Restructure (Trance Mix)
19 - Jeff Wayne - The Eve Of The War (Hybrid's Fire In The Sky Remix)
20 - Rob Dougan - Clubbed To Death (Hybrid Mix)
21 - FSOL - Papua New Guinea (Hybrid Mix)
22 - Age Of Love - The Age Of Love (Ed Solo's Age Of Dub)
23 - Peter, Bjorn & John - Young Folks (Marshmellow's Dub & Run Remix)
24 - Moby - Go (Amphetamix)
25 - Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (Jam & Spoon Hi N-R-G Mix)
26 - Queens Of The Stone Age - No One Knows (Unkle Reconstruction)
27 - A Tribe Called Quest - 1nce Again (Twister Mix)
28 - MGMT - Time To Pretend (High Contrast Mix) (Dunfyboy Re-Edit)
29 - Notch - Nuttin No Go So (RCola Rmx)
As a wee bonus, here's Ed Solo performing his Age Of Dub live with JFB & Buckwilde on the decks. He explains his set up first, tune starts at 2.29
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