The Redesign

1. L'elisir d'amore, opera Una furtiva lagrima
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Performed by Material Strings with Ralph Farris, Karl Berger, Krystof Witek, Byard Lancaster, Graham Haynes, Becky Friend, Mark Taylor, Diva Goodfriend-Koven, Vincent Chancey, Mark Helias, Garo Yellin, Hector Falcon, Denise Stillwell

2. La Traviata, opera Love Theme
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Material Strings with Ralph Farris, Karl Berger, Krystof Witek, Byard Lancaster, Graham Haynes, Becky Friend, Mark Taylor, Diva Goodfriend-Koven, Vincent Chancey, Mark Helias, Garo Yellin, Hector Falcon, Denise Stillwell

3. Samson et Dalila, opera in 3 acts, Op. 47 Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix
Composed by Camille Saint-Saens
Performed by Material Strings with Ralph Farris, Karl Berger, Krystof Witek, Byard Lancaster, Graham Haynes, Becky Friend, Mark Taylor, Diva Goodfriend-Koven, Vincent Chancey, Mark Helias, Garo Yellin, Hector Falcon, Denise Stillwell

4. Turandot, opera Nessun Dorma
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Material Strings with Ralph Farris, Karl Berger, Krystof Witek, Byard Lancaster, Graham Haynes, Becky Friend, Mark Taylor, Diva Goodfriend-Koven, Vincent Chancey, Mark Helias, Garo Yellin, Hector Falcon, Denise Stillwell

5. La Traviata, opera Prelude
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Material Strings with Ralph Farris, Karl Berger, Krystof Witek, Byard Lancaster, Graham Haynes, Becky Friend, Mark Taylor, Diva Goodfriend-Koven, Vincent Chancey, Mark Helias, Garo Yellin, Hector Falcon, Denise Stillwell

6. La forza del destino, opera Overture
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Material Strings with Ralph Farris, Karl Berger, Krystof Witek, Byard Lancaster, Graham Haynes, Becky Friend, Mark Taylor, Diva Goodfriend-Koven, Vincent Chancey, Mark Helias, Garo Yellin, Hector Falcon, Denise Stillwell

7. Tosca, opera E Lucevan Le Stelle
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Material Strings with Ralph Farris, Karl Berger, Krystof Witek, Byard Lancaster, Graham Haynes, Becky Friend, Mark Taylor, Diva Goodfriend-Koven, Vincent Chancey, Mark Helias, Garo Yellin, Hector Falcon, Denise Stillwell

8. Tosca, opera Act 2. Orchestral Background
Composed by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Material Strings with Ralph Farris, Karl Berger, Krystof Witek, Byard Lancaster, Graham Haynes, Becky Friend, Mark Taylor, Diva Goodfriend-Koven, Vincent Chancey, Mark Helias, Garo Yellin, Hector Falcon, Denise Stillwell

9. L'elisir d'amore, opera Una furtiva lagrima (Reprise)
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Performed by Material Strings with Ralph Farris, Karl Berger, Krystof Witek, Byard Lancaster, Graham Haynes, Becky Friend, Mark Taylor, Diva Goodfriend-Koven, Vincent Chancey, Mark Helias, Garo Yellin, Hector Falcon, Denise Stillwell

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Redesign: Realize Remixed
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Remix

New and varied material from the master

Awesome

Redesign: Realize Remixed
Karsh Kale
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ASIN: B00006AGG2
Release Date: 2002-07-30

Tracks:

Saajana (Ming and FS Mix)
Destroy the Icon (Bone Cruise Mix)
One Step Beyond (DJ Spooky Datalife 2002 Mix)
Deepest Blue (KK's Deepest Brooklyn Mix)
Home (MIDIval PunditZ Higher Salvation Mix)
Distance (Banco de Gaia Remix)
Empty Hands (Bill Laswell Mix)
Light Up the Love (Mighty Junn Summer Of XAI Mix)
Home (Navdeep's Pressure Mix)
Empty Hands (DK Pyar Amor Mix)
Anja (Mother Earth Mix)
Home (Mukul Acid Lullaby)

Album Description

A cutting edge cast of electronica's finest contribute remixes of tracks from Karsh Kale's stunning debut, Realize. Featuring new mixes from Bill Laswell, DJ Spooky, Banco de Gaia, Ming & FS and others.

Critical praise for Karsh Kale's debut, Realize:

"5 and a half stars out of 5!!"-Toronto Star

"...sonically sumptuous."-Washington Post

"...a masterful fusion of two cultures, a bridge between India and the Indian diaspora in New York...[Kale's] an avatar of what has been called the Asian Massive movement."-Rhythm Magazine

Customer Reviews:

Remix.......2006-11-10

Real flavor of Indian classical music is lost in the process.Remixing over-stressed at the cost of genuine music

New and varied material from the master.......2003-01-21

After the mind-warping release of "Realize," we thought it couldn't possibly get any better. With soaring vocals, steaming tabla, and sonic washes of boggling beats, what more was there to ask for?

Redesign.

Karsh Kale teams his studio (Mighty Junn) up with some of the hottest, (yet still undiscovered by most ignorant Americans) djs to produce a selection of 11 remixed tracks from Realize. Including KK himself, Bill Laswell and MIDIval PunditZ make appearances in their own versions of "Home" and "Empty Hands."

With 3 separate do-overs for "Home," (the most popular track off of the first cd)and two mixes for "Empty Hands," one would think the music gets old. Only very rarely do the tracks meld to become background music, and whenever boredom sets in, a new melody or audio trick jumps out to grab onto your ears. Plus a wholly new track known as "Destroy the Icon" comes out to show a preview of things to come.

But the stars of the album certainly come in the ending tracks. With KK's second ode to his wife, Anja, we get "Anja: Mother Earth Mix." Close to the first track, yet with some beautiful subtleties added, this track is definitely a winner. The one that'll really knock your socks off is the third remix of "Home" by Mukul. Instead of layering more noise and beats, vocals and washes to the song (as the first two did), Mukul's Acid Lullaby breaks "Home" down into a quiet and creepy melody full of bells, burbles and running washes. A female vocalist begins the lyrics by whispering, gurgling and skipping around just under the radar. Then the regualr vocals break in sounding alien and faraway, creating a sense of sleepiness, creepiness and all out acid-laced trippyness.

"again...realize reborn--reinvented and redesigned." KK

Awesome.......2002-09-25

This is one of the best albums I have come across in a while. One of my favorite tracks was 11 Anja[mother earth mix]. I havent actually heard realize, but I am thoroughly pleased by this album, I will definately check out the other. The tone in this ranges from mellow vocal/traditional instrumental to heavy breakbeat techno riffs. The sound is quite pleasurable, worth checking out. If you like this, you might like the Natacha Atlas remixes, Thievery Corporation, Talvin Singh, Tabla Beat Science, etc. There are quite a few awesome Asian artists out right now.

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Sick

Karsh Kale Redesign - Realize Remixed
Bill Laswell , Banco de Gaia , Mukul , Mother Earth , MIDIval PunditZ Higher Salvation , KK's Deepest Brooklyn , DJ Spooky Datalife 2002 , Bone Cruise , and DK Pyar Amo
Manufacturer: Six Degrees Records
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Product Description

Karsh Kale Redesign - Realize Remixed // 1. Saajana (Ming and FS Mix) 2. Destroy the Icon (Bone Cruise Mix) 3. One Step Beyond (DJ Spooky Datalife 2002 Mix) 4. Deepest Blue (KK's Deepest Brooklyn Mix) 5. Home (MIDIval PunditZ Higher Salvation Mix) 6. Distance (Banco de Gaia Remix) 7. Empty Hands (Bill Laswell Mix) 8. Light Up the Love (Mighty Junn Summer Of XAI Mix) 9. Home (Navdeep's Pressure Mix) 10. Empty Hands (DK Pyar Amor Mix) 11. Anja (Mother Earth Mix) 12. Home (Mukul Acid Lullaby)

Customer Reviews:

Sick.......2005-12-27

Sick, Sick Sick

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Laswell put his name on this?
classics never die
Daring re-interpretation of opera classics
Innovative new disc
If You Love Opera

The Redesign

Manufacturer: Knitting Factory
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004SR1V
Release Date: 2000-05-09

Tracks:

The Elixer Of Love: Una Furtiva Lagrima
La Forza Del Destino: Overture
La Traviata: Prelude Reprise
Tosca: Second Act
Turandot: Nessun Dorma
Samson & Dalila: Mon Coeur
Tosca: E Lucevan Le Stelle
La Traviata: Prelude
Reprise

Customer Reviews:

Laswell put his name on this?.......2003-04-14

* IF you are looking to add to your Bill Laswell collection, don't bother with this CD - he was sleeping with Burt Bacharach when he recorded it. HEAVILY laden with jazzy trumpets and bad taste 60s lushness, this is a sappy nightmare. Playing this CD will not get you laid.
** IF however, you are looking for something better, look at ARIA II or even ARIA - great opera solos with a modern backbeat. Playing this album will make you cry OR get you laid.

classics never die.......2002-12-10

laswell steps out from the dub chamber for a while to introduce you to a classic sound. although the songs are not originally his own laswell ads his own originally beats and if you really listen to laswell music in general you will hear some clips from other works. but in short for anyone looking for that classic i mean classic sound reinvented in the beat laswell way possible you need this one

Daring re-interpretation of opera classics.......2001-05-02

Opera lovers beware: These may be opera songs, but this is not opera music. If you only like classically styled music, stay away. This is music for jazz lovers, lush and stylish, with a sensual Spanish element evident throughout. I've never heard anything like it, and I loved it.

Innovative new disc.......2000-06-08

This album blew me away. They took great opera melodies and put them in a different context. The spirit of jazz, improvising and subverting forms, is applied to the best part of opera. Great atmospheric stuff.

If You Love Opera.......2000-05-17

If you love opera and find yourself teary-eyed after listening to E LUCEVAN LE STELLE sung by, say, Jussi Bjoerling, don't buy this album. If you like to hear beautiful melodies done in a more popular vein, you probably will appreciate this album. What role did Bill Douglas have in this creative effort? I don't see his name anywhere.