Lists are by their definition an act in redundancy, except when they break from the norm. So I've been thinking, people make far too few lists concerning their favorite remixes (that might be a total fallacy but, yeah), so that's what I'll do. I won't list the remixes that make for the greatest floor burners, but rather a list of the remixes that are able to lend something completely new to a really good song, making it a great track in it's own right. It won't be a top 20 list, like last time, and it won't be a top 10 neither, and damn it, it won't be a top 5 either. I'll be going with a top 6, because I like to be different.
#1 Björk - Wanderlust (Ratatat Remix)
Every man who says that he's not in some small way in love with Björk is a liar, simply put. The intermingling of the world's coolest person (that's Björk) and Ratatat's glorious sound makes for just about the greatest remix I've ever heard.
#2 Florence and the Machine - You've Got the Love (The xx Remix)
Everything The XX does seems to be golden at a very high level. Pristine, if you will. Same goes for this remix. The love is so totally, unmistakably mine.
#3 Pantha Du Prince - Welt Am Draht (Animal Collective Remix)
It could not have gone anyone by that I'm a huge fan of Animal Collective. But this is really the only remix of theirs that I've ever come by. By the hammer of Thor, they're certainly no worse off in this respect.
#4 Friendly Fires - Kiss of Life (Spiral Into the Storm Remix)
Lunging it's way on for 9 minutes of Frindly Fires goodness, this track just can't, shan't, won't be missed. It's good stuff.
#5 Tunes United - Celestial ("Molested" by Unarmed Enemies)
This might be the song I've listened the most too, in my entire life. And that's saying something. It's just always been there, from the day that I got my first iPod, onto todays supercomputer/phone/pornographic imgage distributor that's reffered to as an iPhone. To me it's synonomous with love, life and apples. Apples most of all.
#6 Telex - Moskow Diskow (Carl Craig Remix)
"Moskow Diskow, Miskow Doskow". If that's not the best songwriting ever, well I'll be a son of a gun. I just very recently heard this remix, though I can safely say that it's at least as good an alternative as it's original mix for that exclusive soup buffé that you invite all your friends over for. It's slower and more ponderous than the original. I like.
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On a slight sidenote, The opera produced by The Knife is just fantastic.
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