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“fULLY aUTOMATED: The hEADaCHE re:mixes”
Label: Uncoiled Loops
Official Website
(4/5)

Compilations are always a risky fair, loaded with bands both familiar and completely unknown, the listener can be either blown away by fantastic material or have their eardrums tortured for the length of the CD. The material can often be inconsistent thematically or have varying degrees of production quality. Fortunately, none of the these potential problems plague “fULLY aUTOMATED: The hEADaCHE re:mixes”. The compilation consists of 14 remixes from a relatively diverse collection of bands all remixed by CEOXiME founder, hEADaCHE (who also provides us with a 15th track, a previously unreleased CEOXiME cover of Radio Head’s “Exit Music {for a film}”) . hEADaCHE levels the playing ground here. While the songs still maintain their original characteristics, going through hEADaCHE’s blender-like maelstrom of beats and song reconstructions has unified them into a fantastically consistent CD that delivers the goods. Dance-floor remixes are more or less cast aside leaving room for more creative arrangements that are engaging, unpredictable and great for multiple listens. Bands featured on the compilation are Collide, Hypoid, Diverje, Soul Circuit, Croc Shop, Silvercord, LiveSexAct, Noxious Emotion, function13, things outside the skin, Bottomfeeder, Endif, Flood Damage, Five Star Reject and CEOXiME. Stand-out tracks: Endif “Ashes”, Hypoid “Deprogramming Deposits of Fat” and Bottomfeeder “Maybe Someday”.

-Chvad SB

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