Refreaked [Enhanced]

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Eight tracks from Dzihan & Kamien's debut album get the subtlest of rerubs. No major missteps here, but then again neither are there any mind-blowing revolutions, with most of the remixers opting for slight changes over complete overhauls. Fauna Flash inject a little adrenaline into "Just You & I." Hefner unfortunately steers the proceedings in the other direction with a lethargic reading of "Slowhand Hussein." Eddy & Dus keep the pop structure of "Smile" mostly intact, simply throwing in a little extra mellow percussion, while Fox 42 engage in a slightly more adventurous, trancier deconstruction of the same track. At Jazz bring "After" out of the humid confines of the R&B club and into the vast skies of the outback. Mum are the only folks who truly get their freak on, reducing "Streets of Istanbul" to a tapestry of human groans and low bass burps. Throw in two agreeable Dzihan & Kamien tracks not available on the original record and you've got yourself almost an hour of dependable, if not definitive, downtempo. --Bob Michaels

Product Description
An inspired set of remixes from Vienna-based dZihan & Kamien's Freaks & Icons opus. Remixers include UFO, Hefner and Atjazz. The moods range from thumping minimalism through sensual Latin vibes and jazzy abstractions, along with subtle infusions of Turkish tribal flavor. Capped with a previously unreleased bonus track from dZihan & Kamien, Refreaked sequences its infectious beats and vibrant melodies to stunning effect

Refreaked [Enhanced]

Tracks:

Before (Herbert's After Dub) - Matthew
Homebase (Vienna Vista Sexual Dub) - UFO
Slowhand Hussein (Hefner Remix)
Smile (Eddy & Dus Kontrapunkt Mix)
Just You & I (Fauna Flash Remix)
After (At Jazz Remix)
Carta De Cuducao (Butterkeks Remix)
Smile (Nine Bar's Fox 42 Remix)
Streets of Istanbul (Mum's East West Remix)
Spacewater (Menu B's Parish Remix)
2 Minutes

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Eight tracks from Dzihan & Kamien's debut album get the subtlest of rerubs. No major missteps here, but then again neither are there any mind-blowing revolutions, with most of the remixers opting for slight changes over complete overhauls. Fauna Flash inject a little adrenaline into "Just You & I." Hefner unfortunately steers the proceedings in the other direction with a lethargic reading of "Slowhand Hussein." Eddy & Dus keep the pop structure of "Smile" mostly intact, simply throwing in a little extra mellow percussion, while Fox 42 engage in a slightly more adventurous, trancier deconstruction of the same track. At Jazz bring "After" out of the humid confines of the R&B club and into the vast skies of the outback. Mum are the only folks who truly get their freak on, reducing "Streets of Istanbul" to a tapestry of human groans and low bass burps. Throw in two agreeable Dzihan & Kamien tracks not available on the original record and you've got yourself almost an hour of dependable, if not definitive, downtempo. --Bob Michaels

Album Description

An inspired set of remixes from Vienna-based dZihan & Kamien's Freaks & Icons opus. Remixers include UFO, Hefner and Atjazz. The moods range from thumping minimalism through sensual Latin vibes and jazzy abstractions, along with subtle infusions of Turkish tribal flavor. Capped with a previously unreleased bonus track from dZihan & Kamien, Refreaked sequences its infectious beats and vibrant melodies to stunning effect

Customer Reviews:

good.......2002-07-30

not great. not much better than the first one, but good listening.

robbing the tracks of their mystery.......2001-07-24

Freaks and Icons was a complex, deep album: at the same time funky, dubby, playful, and atmospheric. Here the tracks have been robbed of much of their flavor, reduced to somewhat sterile beats and jazzy cliches. Too many of the Middle Eastern samples have been deleted from the mixes by remixers who might understand dance music but obviously don't understand the subtle middle-eastern touches which graced Freaks and Icons. The result is that as you listen to each song you notice how much more you prefer the original and wonder why on God's earth somebody was allowed to mess it up so badly? Its a shame because with appropriate remixers who understand world dance music - say Talvin Singh, Loop Guru, Transglobal Underground, or downtempo specialists like K&D or Kid Loco a remix LP could have worked. One absolutely great track, however, the previously unreleased and blessedly unremixed 2 Minutes reveals the vast difference between Dzihan and Kamien's own work and the hack remixes on the compilation....

Refreaked=Remixed.......2001-03-15

Instead of "new" material, this is the remixes from Freaks&Icons with the likes of UFO, Hefner, AtJazz, Mum, etc. Very limited vocals, mostly taking splinters of Freaks&Icons and making jazzy instrumentals out of them. Everything is remixed enough that it sounds new, which works for me, but nothing really outshines its original. It avoids being monotonous yet sounds better as background music. Essential only to people like me who can't get enough from Vienna. Definitely not an intro album (get Freaks&Icons first), but still enjoyable.

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