Pantha du Prince - XI versions of Black Noise

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4...according to our Clinton on Fri 15 Apr, 2011.

I'm not sure where the remix album sits in 2011. There have been plenty of examples recently of albums coming out in different versions but it still seems something more akin to 2003 when people still bought albums and it was something of a novelty. How many remix albums do you own and play regularly? It has to be something really special, which is something that Moritz Von Oswald may have had in mind when he sculpted opener 'Welt Am Draht' - it is a lovely chilled out ambient techno piece which deserves a release all of its own. Die Vogel go completely horny on their staccato version of the same track but it's the big hitters Four Tet and Animal Collective that up the game a little. The Four Tet remix is simply superb. A 4/4 techno strut with acidy squiggles and magnificent use of vocals that come in just at the right time, Animal Collective do their usual dream like thing with thumping two step kick drum and echoey vocals. Other remixes come from Lawrence, The Sight Below, Carsten Jost, Pantha Du Prince himself and many many more. The vinyl has five tracks plus a download code for the remainder.

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• Rough Trade Records announce the release of ‘XI Versions Of Black Noise’ by Pantha Du Prince, an album of reworkings of tracks originally on his album ‘Black Noise’, by friends and contemporaries including, amongst others, Animal Collective, Moritz Von Oswald, Four Tet, Efdemin and North American pioneer Hieroglyphic Being.

• The vinyl version features five tracks, in addition to a download voucher for all eleven tracks.

• Pantha Du Prince’s ‘Black Noise’ has been lauded as a groundbreaking, seminal album in its field. The music on Black Noise balances precariously on the slippery threshold between art and nature, between techno and folklore, which lends it a certain spectral and intangible aspect.

Tracklist:

01. Welt Am Draht (Moritz Von Oswald Version) (06:33)
02. Welt Am Draht (Die Vogel Version) (06:37)
03. Stick To My Side (Lawrence Version) (06:46)
04. Stick To My Side (Four Tet Version) (06:47)
05. A Nomad’s Retreat (The Sight Below Version) (08:16)
06. Stick To My Side (Efdemin Version) (07:32)
07. Satellite Sniper (Hieroglphic Being Version) (08:00)
08. Stick To My Side (Carsten Jost Version) (08:21)
09. Welt Am Draht (Animal Collective Version) (06:47)
10. Lay In A Shimmer (Fata Morgana Version) (06:02)
11. Stick To My Side (Walls Version) (06:29)

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