Nite Versions - Soulwax

...completely different experiences, with the Nite Versions' dance tracks being virtually unrecognizable from their originals. The thing is, I wish they weren't.

The original E-talking was a triumph of dance rock; a club classic in its own right, its inclusion on this album is unnecessary: it's a short, tepid teaser, devoid of the killer riff of the original and is swiftly mixed into the next track. This same disappointment is met when ...
...a string of lukewarm synth gagging for the plunge into the rock of the chorus chords, though maybe that's just genre preference.

Having said that this is not the most 'pounding' of dance CDs, the gas pedal is not as depressed as the 100mph drillings that is your average dance offering. Nor is it as monotonous: the latter half from Slowdance to NY Lipps providing particular dynamism that keeps you listening to the end.

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Another solid Soulwax CD. The electronic offering is a reworking of many of the tracks featured on the excellent Soulwax album Any Minute Now, throwing in a Daft Punk cover and a 2 Many DJ's forte: a mash up of Any Minute Now's NY excuse and Lipps Inc.'s Funky Town. As you come to expect from dance offerings from the Dewaele brothers the ten tracks are mixed into one seamless half hour of drugs, dirty dancing and pounding, pounding techno music.

The opening Daft Punk cover Teachers is an appropriate inception, lyrics citing nothing more than an eclectic range of influential artists with a course bassline grinding the mix into E-Talking, and straight into the album's first let down.

This album remixes the tracks of Any Minute Now, this isn't a lazy offering; the two albums offer completely different experiences, with the Nite Versions' dance tracks being virtually unrecognizable from their originals. The thing is, I wish they weren't.

The original E-talking was a triumph of dance rock; a club classic in its own right, its inclusion on this album is unnecessary: it's a short, tepid teaser, devoid of the killer riff of the original and is swiftly mixed into the next track. This same disappointment is met when it turns to Compute, again one is left dangling on a string of lukewarm synth gagging for the plunge into the rock of the chorus chords, though maybe that's just genre preference.

Having said that this is not the most 'pounding' of dance CDs, the gas pedal is not as depressed as the 100mph drillings that is your average dance offering. Nor is it as monotonous: the latter half from Slowdance to NY Lipps providing particular dynamism that keeps you listening to the end.

That's the thing, you will want to listen to what is on offer here, whether it's before a night out of at 2am at the centre of the dancefloor you'll be applauding the speakers for providing a gift that is as instrumental in the body's movement as it is in the ear's orgasm.

Listing of Tracks.
1. "Teachers"
2. "Miserable Girl"
3. "E Talking"
4. "Accidents and Compliments"
5. "Compute"
6. "Slowdance"
7. "I Love Techno"
8. "Krack"
9. "NY Lipps"
10. "Another Excuse" 

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