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Remixed & Reimagined
Hot on the heels of Nina Simone's like-minded project, this 14-track disk takes Billie Holiday's masterful and mourning vocals of 1935 to 1958 to the 21st-century digital dance floor, courtesy of some resourceful remixers and DJs from Swingsett & Takuya and Nickodemus & Zeb to Organica and Poppyseed. You have to give these aural alchemists credit for their daring, but some tracks work better than others. The best include "Spreadin? Rhythm Around," featuring Digable Planet's Ladybug Mecca, the echoplexed embers of GXR's "Long Gone Blues," DJ Logic's string-centric "Glad to be Unhappy," and Daniel Y's infectious, Soul to Soul/Loose Ends grooved "Billie's Blues." With augmentation provided by live guitarists, keyboardists, and percussionists, these scientists of sound don't desecrate the gardenia-wearing goddess's eternal artistry; rather, they globally reposition it for this era's electronica-fueled iPod generation, from the downbeat to the download. --Eugene Holley, Jr.
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Tracks| 1 | I Hear Music (Swingsett & Takuya's Mighty Fine Remix) | | 2 | More Than You Know (Jazzeem's Throwback Remix) | | 3 | Spreadin' Rhythm Around (Lady Bug vs. Lady Day RR Remix) | | 4 | Long Gone Blues (GXR Remix) | | 5 | Trav'lin' All Alone (Nickodemus & Zeb Remix) | | 6 | He Ain't Got Rhythm (Poppyseed Remix) | | 7 | Summertime (Organica Remix) | | 8 | I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away The Key) (Madison Park Remix) | | 9 | Glad To Be Unhappy (DJ Logic Remix) | | 10 | Billie's Blues (Daniel Y Remix) | | 11 | You're So Desirable (Sunday People Remix) | | 12 | Pennies From Heaven (Count De Money Remix) | | 13 | But Beautiful (Tony Humphries THP Remix) | | 14 | All Of Me (Charles Feelgood Remix) |
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