Artist: Animat
Title:
Undercurrents
Label:
Disco Gecko
Released:
April 3rd
Following
on from last years ‘All is Lost’, where Animat used extracts from
the 2013 film about a man adrift on a life raft in the Indian Ocean,
composed a new soundtrack. This E.P. delivers five fresh re-mixes
from that album.
First
up on re-mix duties is Professor Chill and his take on ‘Eight Days
Earlier’ where he retains the basic laid back electro-acoustic
sound of the original adding a little more emphasis to the bass and
touches of minimalistic glitch. Following on electro-dub aficionados
Pitch Black tackle ‘Calm after the Storm’ where the original
placed the focus on Mediterranean guitar licks and gentle piano.
Once again this is quite respectful to the original piece adding
accompaniment dub fx and drum rolls.
Next
up is Mark from Animat re-mixing ‘Sea State’ under his Darkly
A.M. psuedonym. Whilst the original was something of a laid back
piece of western fused reggae, here he adds some drive and lifts the
piece into a more acidic and somewhat danceable version. Manchester
trio Marconi Union join the throng with their take on ‘The Virginia
Jean’ and whereas the original placed focus on the electric guitar
licks they take their time building the intro before placing the
emphasis on the piano.
Finally
Sheffield duo Aysup take on what’s probably the least laid back
track from original album with their Neptune’s Crazy Horses mix of
‘Neptune’s Horses’. Like Marconi Union before them they
elongate the intro before the piece comes to life. Drawing on
influences from Kraftwerk, Neu and other Krautrock bands.
To
summarise Darkly A.M. aside these re-mixes take a subtle yet slightly
different approach to the originals, at times injecting a little more
life into them. For me on the whole I prefer the original album,
which was all about a laid back soundtrack with moments of the
dramatic attempting to mirror being alone and at the mercy of the
elements. You on the other hand may feel differently and relish the
additional input.
Reviewed
by Woodzee
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