All the cool kids listen to remixes, so why shouldn’t you?
Admittedly, Amplive’s remixes of Radiohead’s (brilliant, ok, I admit it … but you don’t have to twist my arm. That’s not a reluctant compliment, that’s an “I wait years to like a record as much as I like this one”) In Rainbows have been out and freely available for ages (since December, at least), but I’ve always been one to give something a good several months in the iPod before passing judgment.
My usual remix turnoffs apply to the collection at large - stuttered vocals, use of samples that undermines original melodies, “rapping” - but this track, his version of (what in my opinion is kind of one of the original’s weaker tracks) “15 Step,” employs an alternate vocal melody (in fact, an alternate vocal approach, courtesy of Bay Area soulster Coldany Holiday, who is new to me), while lifting the changes and certain rhythmic elements that bring the original to mind in non-obvious, intriguing, and dare I say it, entertaining ways.
Old dog, new trick, at least every once in a while.
Oh, and did I mention that they are all free?
via Amplive