Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Album of the Day: Peter the Chemist Meets The Mad Professor - In the Revolt of the Slave


A set of reggae remixes, with just a tinge of electronic sampling and altering mixed in. These are my favorite kind: not the “turn the original content on its ear and change it into something new” variety of mixes, but simply a re-imagining of familiar content/concepts. Without ever having heard the original pieces that this is based on, I can still get a feel for what it used to be almost as clearly as what it has become, which makes for a phenomenally interesting listen. Some songs are more clearly experimented with, like 'Revolt of the Slave,' with its reverbs and electric percussion interspersed, but for the majority I get the feeling of the original (again, without necessarily having heard it, though some sound vaguely familiar), but changed enough that the mixer's presence is clearly felt and differentiated. I'm still in relatively unfamiliar territory when it comes to listening to reggae, but if this is what I can expect in the future, I look forward to more.

Oh yeah, minor sub-note: it also just sounds good.

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