CD REVIEW: TELEFON TEL AVIV, REMIXES COMPILED
May 15, 2007 3:13 PM Kristi Kates (Writer)
Sit. Stay. Listen.
Resting quietly under the mixing board, waiting for just the right moment to give you a friendly nudge, Telefon Tel Aviv's collection of remixes is like a new breed of pup—innovative, yet familiar. Seven years' worth of tracks share space here, opening with a nearly unrecognizable Nine Inch Nails remix ("Even Deeper"), which also happens to be the first track that the Telefon duo—Joshua Eustis and Charles Cooper—ever produced together. The placid click-clacking of "Even Deeper" sets the tone for a host of other equally mellow takes that make for a cohesive, unleashed listen all the way through. And there are more than a few audio treats to bark over: "A Genuine Display" (Midwest Product) is turned into a gently traipsing, evocative refrain, while Apparat's "Komponent" unleashes matter-of-fact vocals onto a pad of strangely soothing and bristly synth tones. Strings supply a change-up in the set’s overall feel via Oliver Nelson's "Stolen Moments," John Hughes' "Got Me Lost/Driving in L.A." is given the perfect glazed-over-after-45-minutes-on-the-405 feel (complete with pseudo-abstract car sounds), and Phil Ranelin's "Time Is Running Out" ticks out far too early.
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