Review:
Finnish duo Renaissance Man delivered one of last year's most interestingly constructed albums in the shape of The Renaissance Man Project, a debut notable most for its obvious attention to sound design. Sensing there was room to explore the many layers on those twelve tracks, the duo's label Turbo have released the impressive looking and self explanatory Renaissance Man Remix. Any release that features the collective production talents of Dexter, Jori Hulkkonen, Joakim, Matthew Herbert and Call Super among others is worthy of attention and each remix is quite excellent. Klakson boss Dexter takes on "Stalker Humanoid" retaining the clanging sonic textures amidst ominous dojo vibes, whilst Hulkkonen goes prog acid in the best way possible. Tigersushi boss Joakim meanwhile turns in a reliably mental take on "Trance Central" whilst the Berlin dwelling Call Super takes you through the murky recesses of machine funk with an equally individual "Proto Forma" take on "Vancouver". Additional remixes come from Teeth, Locked Groove, WhoMadeWho, Paul Woolford and Renaissance Man themselves. Highly recommended.