if when you watch channel 4 and you catch the adverts for their own shows, and think, you know i like that electro-house track in the background the chances are you’ll spot a few of those snippets littered about this cracking set of remixes by electro producer/remixer extraordinaire, ewan pearson.

of course, sometimes the results are brilliant, sometimes not so, personally, i’m not feeling the slam track, or the generic sounding dance europop of the ladytron  remix, i guess it all depends on the source material.

subsequently the epic remixes of the 2 goldfrapp tracks sparkle more than blackpool pier on a winters night, with a special mention for the blinding 15 minutes of minimal electro throb of ride a white horse which will make parting with your cash all the more easier, along with the superb bleep infested synthetics that ewan has applied to the normally shiny pet shop boys.

in fact, it’s ewans way with managing to maintain much of the originals melodic appeal, and yet focussing attention to some particular sonic detail, and then delicately extrapolating the track for dancefloor destruction that makes this set both listenable, and groovesome. never do these remixes become about ewans personality with severe right turns into self promotion, the tracks always sound like they belong to the original artist, though with a certain widescreen technology enhanced ambience.

so if you want catch up with the last few years of minimal/acid/electro/glitch/techno dance pop music, then this is a all encompassing release that should be top of your updated wantlist.

example mp3 : dont let stars keep us tangled up

tracklisting:

cd1
1. seelenluft feat. mixmaster michael smith - manila (ewan pearson remix)
2. the chemical brothers feat. the flaming lips - the golden path (ewan pearson extended vocal)
3. futureshock - pride’s paranoia (ewan’s sticking plaster remix)
4. silver city - shiver (ewan’s bari girl remix)
5. fields - song for the fields (ewan pearson vocal remix)
6. playgroup - make it happen (ewan pearson remix)
7. freeform five - perspex sex (ewan pearson’s hi nrg remix)
8. slam feat. dot allison - visions (ewan pearson remix)
9. goldfrapp - train (ewan pearson 6/8 vocal)
10. closer musik - one, two, three - no gravity (ewan pearsons 2004 remix)
11. franz ferdinand - outsiders (ewan pearson remix)

cd2
1. mocky - catch a moment in time (ewan pearsons memory blissed remix)
2. the rapture - i need your love (ewan’s stay in school mix)
3. pet shop boys - psychological (ewan pearson mix)
4. alter ego - beat the bush (ewan pearson’s slow nrg edit)
5. röyksopp - 49 percent (ewan pearson glass half empty remix)
6. goldfrapp - ride a white horse (ewan pearson disco odyssey parts 1 & 2)
7. ladytron - evil (ewan pearson radio edit)
8. moby - raining again (ewan pearson instrumental)
9. cortney tidwell - don’t let stars keep us tangled up (ewans objects in space remix)
10. depeche mode - enjoy the silence (ewan pearson extended remix)