ROBERT MILES
Organik Remixes (Salt)
Reviewed by Shaun Dale

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I'm not familiar with the source music for this remix album - Robert Miles 2001 release, Organik - but in this case I think that's a feature, not a bug. The original, Mile's first release on his own Salt Records, was created in rebellion against the commercial restraints imposed on his career by the success of his international hit "Children" and the expectation that he'd continue in the 'dream music' genre he was principally responsible for creating.

The Italian DJ (Roberto Concina to the homefolks) set off to create something darker, and almost deliberately anti-commercial, and went ahead and had commercial success with it anyway. For this project he turned his compositions over to some of the top names in the electronica field, along with a couple of novice DJ's discovered through an online remix contest developed just for the album. The result maintains some of Miles darker vision, along with the multi-ethnic character of the music, but adds a layer of accessibility with the introduction of some club beats and other elements.

The music operates on many levels, and there's doubtless much to be gained by introspective dissection of track after track, mix by mix, but there's also great pleasure to be found in just letting it wash over you, my preferred use for tasty, trancy tunes like these.

Disc One: Paths (FSOL Cosmik Juke Box Mix) * Wrong (Alexkid May B Mix) * Pour Te Parler (Riton Re-Rub) * Release Me (Da Lata El Duderino Mix) * Pour Te Parler (Kuzu Mix) * Pour Te Parler (Fissure Mix) * Paths (KV5 Mix)

Disc Two: It's All Coming Back (Chamber Mix) * Separation (2nd Gen Mix) * Connections (PunkA fro The Hackney Drive By Mix) * Improvisations P2 (Si Begg S.I.Futures Mix) * Improvisations P2 (The Fabrics Mix) * Paths (Robert Miles Salted Mix) * Bhairav (Robert Miles feat. Amelia Cuni)

© 2004 - Shaun Dale