Appendix (Bonus Track) (Rmxs) (2007)

Product Summary Label: Caroline Distribution UPC: 00730003721021 Release Date: 1/23/2007 Buy.com Sku: 203882178 Item#: M3E5WJ Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. 1st Stroke - (Funkerstorung remix, with Spacek) ~ Funkstorung 2. Trick or Treat - (Funkerstorung remix, with Phon.O) ~ Funkstorung 3. Whispering Streets - (Funkerstorung remix, with Barry Adamson) ~ Funkstorung 4. All is Full of Love - (2nd Funkerstorung remix, with Bjork) ~ Funkstorung 5. Heaven - (Funkerstorung remix, with Lamb) ~ Funkstorung 6. Sustain - (Funkerstorung remix, with Lusine Icl) ~ Funkstorung 7. Latte & Macaron - (Funkerstorung remix, with Towa Tei) ~ Funkstorung 8. Love in a Trashcan - (Funkerstorung remix, with The Raveonettes) ~ Funkstorung 9. Axis of Ignorance - (Funkerstorung remix, with Nils Petter Molvaer) ~ Funkstorung 10. Close to You - (Funkerstorung remix, with Beanfield) ~ Funkstorung 11. No Fire - (Funkerstorung remix, with Enik) ~ Funkstorung   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info A wrap-up (of sorts), Appendix looks back at the final seven years of Funkst?rung's remixing r?sum?. (For the first half of the remixing-career overview, listeners would need to add 1999's Additional Productions.) During the late '90s and early 2000s, the bloom was coming off Funkst?rung's rose; although their style of slightly funky, slightly glitchy electronica was much in fashion, it was also clear that they needed to broaden somewhat. The first track here, their remix of Spacek's "1st Stroke," does just that, distorting and amping up the vocal until the track sounds more like the future of contemporary R&B than the present of electronica. (A Beanfield remix included here later on does much the same thing.) Unfortunately, a low point comes directly after; with Phon.o's "Trick or Treat," the duo were sounding more like obvious and awkward Basement Jaxx imitators. Two of their high-profile productions, Bj?rk's "All Is Full of Love" and Lamb's "Heaven," don't add much to the originals, but they fare better with L'usine's "Sustain" and Towa Tei's "Latte & Macaron," a pair of smooth, beautifully textured remixes. There's more here of character and good quality than not, but it's obvious that before their breakup in 2005, Funkst?rung were merely refining their abilities, not enhancing them. ~ John Bush   Compilation Appearances Vol. 3-Future Sounds Of Jazz K7 Records   Technical Info Release Date : 01/23/2007 Original Release Date : 2007 Catalog ID : !K7210CD Label : !k7 Records Number of Discs : 1 Runtime : 52m : 1s Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00730003721021    Related Videos In Search of Solid Ground... Draw The Line: David Gray