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Sasha: The EmFire Collection: Mixed, Unmixed & Remixed |
Contributed By: DC Cox
Created On: Thursday, 22 May 2008
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 The EmFire Collection: Mixed, ... Following on from these releases comes The emFire Collection: Mixed, Unmixed & Remixed described as “A definitive view of Sasha's emFire catalogue featuring originals, remixes and his award winning score to the movie New Emissions of Light & Sound”. The three parts are spread out over two discs. The first disc is all about the remixes. Four of the best and brightest producers out there were chosen: Slam, Audion, Radio Slave and The Field. Each remixer was given the mission to come up with two different outputs, one being the more conventional club mix and the second being an alternative, leftfield mix. Disc Two is split into two parts. The first has all the unmixed originals edited exclusively for this collection. The second part exclusively features the mixed score to the surf movie 'New Emissions of Light & Sound' which won prizes at the X Dance Film Festival.
The evergreen Slam are up first on CD 1 with their remix of Coma with their Slam Soma Coma mix. The original track Coma is bright and full of light but Slam turn and twist it into the darkness. Ominous from the off it sounds like a beast that has passed out but yet it still has a little touch of light in there. Their Paragraph mix is the archetypal Slam club mix. It's a tough tech-houser that packs a mean punch and is full of beans all the way through with not too many elements from the original in it. The second remixer on call of duty is Audion in charge of Park It In The Shade. His Deep Steeple mix is a dark and long voyage into what feels like Dante's Inferno. Moody, marvelously groovy and awfully gloomy it makes you want to pray and yearn the sight of steeples on churches and the light that seems so far far away above. Ain't Got No Friends is his second dance-floor 'friendly' mix.
Hypnotic, hyper and undulating throughout this mix etches deep into your mind with morphed Satan-like vocals making an appearance, this mix feels like its firmly parked in what sounds like hell. Who Killed Sparky? is enlisted to Radio Slave with his Brooklyn Dub featured first. The dub does exactly what it says on the tin: it's a brooding ambiental, sounding like a movie score that gets to the very bottom of affairs. His Panorama Garage mix has a no nonsense potent approach right from the off, broad and beefy it will certainly have an impact on the dance-floor. The last (but not least) of the remixers is The Field in control of Mongoose. Their Floating mix is a refreshing contrast to previous darker interpretations. Uplifting, futuristic and emotive it is laid back techno at its finest. Their Disco mix is druggy, epic and downright funky all the way through. Magnetic and majestic this has got future classic written all over it, my pick of the club type mixes.
CD 2 opens up with the Spangled Rubdub of Coma that retains the dazzling and stirring sounds from the original. Park It In The Shade is up next and is a four to the floor quirky frenzy. Who Killed Sparky? is a robust and radiant number. Mongoose completes the exclusive edits in a simple yet shiny way. Finally we come to the forty plus minutes of soundtrack to the New Emissions of Light and Sound film, which is reminiscent to the high quality down-tempo delights of Airdrawndagger and Involver. Emotive, ethereal and airy this continuous mix is purely exquisite. Pulsating and scintillating throughout its entire rising and falling journey, this is a completely melodious and alluring jewel.
Overall the emFire collection is a rather good package with something for everyone amongst all the tracks. The CD is full of contrasts with the darkness from the down-tempo mixes alleviated by the light of Sasha's original productions. Some remixes shine brighter than others and the unmixed tracks are abbreviated yet still retain their original quality. The real McCoy here though is the mixed and marvelous soundtrack, this is the crest in the collection and the big daddy wave. Retailing at under eight quid, this is an absolute bargain!
 
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