Ellen Allien - Dust Rmx FLAC

Sure, remixes albums are always a mixed bag. But sometimes you keep pulling out gem after gem, and with Ellen Allien's DUST RMX, the gems keep coming. Ripperton, for instance, makes "My Tree" into a tribal workout with a spectral vocal drifting atop, while Bodycode goes deep house on "Dream." Adultnapper seems to blend the two with a slow house track with some tribal flourishes in the rhythm, and Nicholas Jaar finds "Flashy Flashy" somewhere between disco and the 80s. Most of the mixes are beat oriented, like Aux 88's Detroit-flavored "Ever" or the spare tech-house of Fabrizio Maurizi's "Flashy Flashy." Shonky puts in a perky turn on "Searching," and Kassem Mosse darkens "Our Utopie." There are a few surprises, not all pleasant: John Roberts has an odd synth and a generic beat that disrupts his usual delicately crafted piano-house on "Should We Go Home," but on the plus side, Munk adds some funk-rock guitar to "You," and it's great. But for the best of the best, look to the calm ambience washing over Tim Hecker's gorgeous mix of "Sun the Rain."