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 | Title : Verve Remixed
Author : Various Artists
Release Date : 20020430
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $18.98
Amazon.com Price : $13.48
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Editorial Reviews :
The manipulation of classic jazz tracks has been part of DJ club culture since the '80s, as artists have continually scratched, looped, and sampled beats and phrases. Verve Remixed has been in the planning stages for years, with in-house producers inviting an international cast of remix artists to select songs from the label's vaults. The results are often tremendously successful, as the remix artists have picked up and expanded upon elements already present in the original. The funky Latin beat of Willie Bobo's 'Spanish Grease' gets new life from Richard Dorfmeister, along with a prominent new bass line. Similarly, King Britt pumps up the Indian elements of Tony Scott's 'Hare Krishna.' dZihan and Kamien's trance remix (with tabla drums) of Billie Holiday's 'Don't Explain' is among the most arresting tracks, creating psychodrama between Holiday's original vocal and the new environment. Nina Simone's voice seems tailor-made for this approach, as if it has always cried out for the layered rhythmic emphasis. Masters at Work's take on her 'See-Line Woman' is electric in its intensity--cool flute sonorities and metallic percussion embrace and catapult the original vocal into a new presence.
Buyer Reviews :
This is so cool. Masterminded by some of the world's most influencial DJs, this record is a compilation of some killer jazz music mixed in a new and fresh way. It's an amazing spin on classic material. I'm not a huge Jazz person, but I love some of it. This is mostly remixes of the DIVAs of jazz - Dinah, Billie, Ella, Carmen mixed up in a way that is so catchy. This is the first time I bought an 'electronica' album because I'm not a big elecronic person either (I LIKE MOSTLY ROCK!), but since both genres interest me a bit, I checked this one out. It's THE BEST record I've bought this year! And the Verve Unmixed is available for only [$]so I bought it too. It's REALLY amazing as well. Score!
(by rukiddingme85044)
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