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Written by: Corey Tate
Chances are that if you've heard of Bloc Party,
then you've heard of any number of the bands appearing
on Silent Alarm Remixed. It includes a host
of some the coolest and most innovative bands of today
— like Ladytron, M83, Death
From Above 1979, and Four Tet (to only
name a few).
Silent Alarm is a brilliant album in itself,
juxtaposing elements of pop, 80's underground, Echo
and the Bunnymen with experimentalism and that
undeniable catchiness in the form of a pop hook that
Bloc Party provides so well. So there's already a
fertile ground here for remix capacities.
And the players roll in, with their own take on one
of the great albums of 2005. The Phones Disco Mix
of Banquet is hyperactive mess of keyboards
and steady chorus incarnations. Ladytron's
version of Like Eating Glass involves twice
removed vocals, spoken like they're coming from a
megaphone from the next block over, echoing and detached.
The song Luno features both Bloc Party
and Death From Above 1979 in the mix, with
vibrant DFA 1979 distorted basslines mixed
with steady percussion and a vibe that could make
the lamest of white boys bob their head in sync with
the music.
Some of these songs end up being triumphant in their
new incarnation, like Four Tet's remix of So
Here We Are. The end builds up into a chaos of
grandiosity, Four Tet style, in which Kieran builds
the layered noise and sound into a prolific entanglement
of sparks, blips, noise, and oh yeah, parts of the
original song.
This is definitely a soundtrack for some of the best
and brightest of 2005. It all plays like some best
of 2005 compilation - there is too much good stuff
to mention here. Go buy the album, download it, find
it and make it your own. It will give you headphone
bliss for a long time.
RATING: ***** 5
out of 5 stars
Release Date:
September 6th, 2005
Recording Label:
Atlantic / Vice Records
Bloc Party: Silent Alarm
remixed track list:
01 Like Eating Glass (Ladytron
Zapatista Mix)
02 Helicopter (Whitey Version)
03 Positive Tension (Blackbox Remix)
04 Banquet (Phones Disco Edit)
05 Blue Light (Engineers 'Anti-Gravity Mix)
06 She's Hearing Voices (Erol Alkan's Calling Your
Dub)
07 This Modern Love (Dave P. & Adam Sparkle's
Making Time)
08 The Pioneers (M83 Remix)
09 Price of Gasoline (Automato Remix)
10 So Here We Are (Four Tet Remix)
11 Luno (Bloc Party Vs. Death from Above 1979)
12 Plans (Replanned By Mogwai)
13 Compliments (Shibuyaka Remix By Nick Zinner)
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