Search - St Etienne :: Dance Remixes 1

Might be more fun in a club...

David McCallum | Eugene, OR USA | 03/30/2006

(3 out of 5 stars)

"It's good... but not great. I like St. Et remixes that one can toss on a compilation of one's own making or put in occasionally and have fun admiring the single artwork. And I like my remixes radical. :)



This single consists of the Eric Kupper radio, club and dub mix (both 8:17) the dj barringer club mix (7:59), lite mix and radio mix and the album version. The club mixes would certainly be fun to hear in a club (as if! in my small town) but are a little lifeless on headphones especially next to the original which has a lot of pure pop build and release. The remixes do have some tension and release but it's more Pet Shop Boys brand and not very Aphex Twin stylee.



You can sample and purchase this single on iTunes, btw.



And, being a designer, I have to say that the album art is pretty inferior for St. Et. It's got ALMOST a "kitsch" bad quality to it and I'd have gone with that if the designer had dropped some hint that it was tongue-in-cheek. But no... I think it's just a novice graphic designer. It's a shame too because the "Turnpike"-era illustrations are a lot of fun. Savoy Jazz, hire me!



So, let's hope that Vol. Two is more adventurous. Let's hope it is a version of Good Thing - the single that was SO very limited (by mistake) in the UK. Great show in San Fran, Feb. 2006!"