Re: Always Loved A Film
 

I loved it. Think this one's going to be big. 'kept repeating with a few odds and ends' is basically the definition of house music. This remix is fun and bouncy. Getting more excited now.

Re: Always Loved A Film
 

what he /\ said - can imagine it going down a storm in 'a big room' - beats the original hands-down!

Re: Always Loved A Film
 

I agree, but it's disappointing to see yet another Underworld remix that's just a song by the remixer with Underworld vocals occasionally thrown on top (Switch, I'm looking at you).

Re: Always Loved A Film
 

Remix culture has been this way for more than a decade now, close to two decades where that's the norm.

Re: Always Loved A Film
 

sad to see Underworld flow that way... but they've been flowing that way for sometime, right.

Re: Always Loved A Film
 

Uh, except for their own reworks just about every single remix of Underworld from Alex Reece to Switch has been this way. Don't try to rewrite history. Remixes where the original is just chopped and extended went out the window in the late 80s/early 90s.

Re: Always Loved A Film
 

new cover (or is it just for Japan?)

http://om-records.com/files/release_images/000/006/343/large/uw_alaf_japan_digital2.jpg

I can't tell which one I dislike more

Re: Always Loved A Film
 

Well, I prefer this one. The other one is way too sparse.

Re: Always Loved A Film
 

Agrred, this cover art is better, in keeping with the album theme. The single color one with the floppy letters looks like a greeting card.

oh, this remix is not good. Totally random loops and sounds and the vocal effects sound like they were programmed with the CASIO SK-1 keyboard (circa 1989, $5 on ebay, great for making burp noises in different keys or, as i used to do, sample 1.5 seconds of drumbeats from Propellerheads CDs to use as background for sounds made on other Casios!). From the horns to the vaguely bossa-nova tempo and all the bells and whistles in between, this could have been made with any number of demo loops discs in about 5 minutes. Sorry, SOLO, try harder.

And yes, i realize this is how "remixes" are done these days. A shame. A really successful remix, imho, brings out the best elements of the original track. Take Trentmoeller's mix of "What Else is there?" by Royksopp, or the Pete Heller vox mix of UW's "JAL to Tokyo" - these are remixes from the past 5 years that i can get behind... they're reminiscent of the originals, they're beefed up, and they have something like a structure, not just a bunch of everchanging loops. But i digress...

Re: Always Loved A Film
 

I like the new cover, it's superb!