About this item

The unstoppable Smalltown Supersound provide us with a bumper 4-CD package, containing an exhaustive selection of all the remixes that have been done for the artists on the label. From the very first moments of the clattering, incidental chaos of Pita's Jkammer remix, it's clear we're in for a stylistically diverse but enthralling ride through the peripheries of electronic music. 

There are some massive names here, like Four Tet's rework of Lars Horntveth's gorgous 'Tics', or DJ Python's dubby take on Carmen Villain's 'I Trust You'. While some of the pieces here are far removed from the originals, it feels like label boss Joakim Haugland's wish for the remixes to still 'Fit the label's DNA' has been granted, offering a wonderful overview of how much can be achieved with collaborative works like these. If anything, it's good proof exactly how strong the personality of every piece on show here is, never subverting entirely to the remix but ensuring the personality of both the remixer and the remixee shine through. A stunning collection, both diverse and engrossing.  

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: A brilliantly diverse, exhaustive selection of the brilliant remixes done for Smalltown Supersound's artists, including reworks of Neneh Cherry, Kelly Lee Owens & Lindstrøm by a huge variety of guest remixers like Four Tet, Thurston Moore and Huerco S. Ace.

TRACK LISTING

Vol 1
1. Jazzkammer – Jkammer Thing (Pita Remix)
2. Neneh Cherry – Spit Three Times (DJ Spinn Remix)
3. Lars Horntveth – Tics (Four Tet Remix)
4. Kelly Lee Owens – Wake Up (Loraine James Remix)
5. Neneh Cherry & The Thing - Accordion (Jim O`Rourke Remix)
6. Bendik Giske - Adjust (Total Freedom Remix)
7. Lindstrøm – Quiet Place To Live (Todd Rundgren Remix)
8. Jazzkammer – Freemix Norwave (Thurston Moore Remix)
9. Tussle - Warning (JD Twitch's Optimo Fuckhead Remix)
10. Lindstrøm – The Contemporary Fix (EYE Remix)
11. Jazzkammer – Chk Error Remix (Merzbow Remix)

Vol 2
1. Lindstrøm – Call Me Anytime (Oneohtrix Point Never Remix)
2. Carmen Villain - Borders (Klara Lewis Remix)
3. Prins Thomas - H (The Orb Orbient Mix)
4. Kelly Lee Owens – Corner Of My Sky Feat John Cale (Coby Sey Remix)
5. Carmen Villain – Carmen Villain (Actress Remix)
6. Prins Thomas – D (Hieroglyphic Being Remix)
7. Sunburned Hand Of The Man - The Parakeet Beat (Bjørn Torske Remix)
8. Todd Rundgren – Anything (vocal Outtake, Prins Thomas Edit)
9. Todd Rundgren/Emil Nikolaisen/Hans-Peter Lindstrøm - Lind (Bifrost Mix By EYE)
10. Jazzkammer – Bolomo Vinkingo Lanidelos (Reynols Remix)

Vol 3
A Collection Of Disco, Balearic, Dub Remixes
1. Neneh Cherry - Kong (Parris Remix)
2. Arp – The Past (Studio Version)
3. Bjørn Torske - Night Call (Idjut Boys' Green Beating Version)
4. Lindstrøm & Christabelle - Lovesick (Four Tet Remix)
5. Andre Bratten - Pax Americana (Scan 7 Remix)
6. Prins Thomas – Ambitions (Isolee Remix)
7. Carmen Villain – Subtle Bodies (Huerco S Remix)
8. Bendik Giske – Cruising (Laurel Halo Remix)
9. Todd Rundgren/Emil Nikolaisen/Hans-Peter Lindstrøm – Put Your
Arms Around Me (Stereolab/High Llamas Remix)
10. Bjørn Torske – Nitten Nitti (DJ Harvey's Not Normal Remix)

Vol 4
1. Carmen Villain – I Trust You (DJ Python Remix)
2. Lindstrøm – Faar-i-kaal (Charli XCX Vs Twin Idol Remix)
3. Neneh Cherry & Robyn – Out Of The Black (Joe Godard Remix)
4. Lindstrøm – Vos-Sako-Rv (Fred Falke Remix)
5. K-X-P - 18 Hours Of Love (An Optimo (Espacio) Mix)
6. Prins Thomas – C (I:Cube Remix)
7. Neneh Cherry – Everything (Villalobos & Loderbauer Vilod Remix) 8. Prins Thomas – C (Ricardo Villalobos Remix)
9. Prins Thomas – Urmannen (DJ Nobu Remix)
10. Tussle – Yume No Mori (Alexander Hacke Remix)