OFF: GONG (Re: Off: Music help)

[Alasdair Macdonald]

On 21 Nov 97 at 18:01, Christian Mumford wrote:

> At 10:24 21.11.97 -0500, Keith Henderson wrote:
>
> >P.S.  Anybody heard that Gong - You (remixed) CD yet??
>
> YES!
>
> >  Is it worthwhile, or
> >is it just annoying crap like so-called 'remixed HW'.
>
> Definetly worthwile, and in a whole other sphere than that (mostly)
> halfassed HW Solstice thingy. The Gong CD actually has BIG names
> doing these mixes, like Orb, System 7, Shamen etc. and not a
> struggling "has been" act like Utah Saints and and a bunch of
> (deservedly) unknowns.... :)
>

Just a quick point. Luke Slater and The Advent, at least, are somwhat
cooler than the above description would indicate. OK so HW material
is perhaps not the most appropriate for techno style remixing, at
least not without making the tunes unrecogniseable - but the Advent
albums are some of the crackingest techno I have and Luke Slater does
a lot of great stuff too. I can't recommend Advent enough if you like
hard (uh - *very* hard actually), syncopated techno.

> I'll put it this way - the original You always struck me as 20 years
> ahead of its time both technologically and musically... the remix
> brings it up from 1994 to 2014.... the Most Holy Magick Cosmic
> Groove is preserved faithfully, and expanded upon... my faves here
> would be the Mad Stof remix of "Master Builder" and System 7's "A
> Sprinkling Of Clouds". System 7 happens to be a band in their own
> right, which coincidentally consist of Steve Hillage and Miquette
> Giraudy.
>
> The only negative thing I might have to say about it is that it's a
> little unnecessary to have it as a double CD with with more remixes
> of the same tracks, but still it's IMO worth every penny....
>
> Christian
>

Thanks for the recommendation I've been looking for this album too.

Alasdair
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