Bara Brost At Juno Download

Review: This exciting project sees Bara Brost's album Elephancycle get the full remix treatment, with Part 1 featuring six tracks from the record getting interesting reworks. First up, Tim Vita takes the 20s swing sampling "Madame Vita" and stripping out the original's contemporary elements to create an infectious groover. Kareem turns in two remixes; his revision of "Dusty" takes the introspective minimalism of the original and fleshes it out with some colourful melodies, and his version of "Tapdance Shoes" takes the toe tapping weirdness of the original and magnifies it with a menacing vocal. A further two remixes come from Nanopole, who accentuates the bumping rhythms of "Fraulein Lea" and "About A Grumpy Minute" with a palette of detuned synth oddities. Finally That Bleepy Stuff reworks "Fortune Cookie" into something considerably darker, turning the original vocal into something altogether more sinister and drenching it in warehouse sweat.

Review: BBE lift "Elephancycle", the eponymous title track from Bara Brost's album, and embellish the steely burlesque house vibes with some refined remixes. If you didn't check the album, "Elephancycle" is a contemporary update on the 1920s cotton club jam "Mini The Moocher" and features the distinct vocal talents of Sick City singer Conan Kowalski, whose inherent personality is a perfect fit for the slick yet stripped down backing that has a hint of John Barry. Remixwise, Antoni Oliveri mkes his intentions clear, adding swathes of delay to the orchestral arrangements whilst slipping in a peak time house bump whilst Nadja Lind goes deep, dark and dubby on a skipping minimal groove that jerks with melodic menace.