Foetus "Blow" Thirsty Ear THI 57109.2 2001 (61:15)
Cirrhosis Of The Heart - Amon Tobin mix (6:35)
The
Need Machine - Franz Treichler mix (5:49)
Victim Or Victor - Jay Wasco mix (3:58)
Mandelay - Phylr mix (4:59)
Quick Fix - Charlie Clouser mix (5:28)
Kreibabe - Pan Sonic mix (4:19)
Shun - Kid 606 mix (4:08)
Suspect - DJ Food "feed em their rights" mix (6:02)
Grace
Of God - Kidney Thieves/Sean Beavan mix (4:25)
Heuldoch 7B - Panacea mix (3:48)
Someone
Who Cares - Ursula 1000 "sheracer" mix (4:16)
The Need Machine - JG Thirlwell mix (7:28)
Every single track from Foetus' latest album "Flow" is given a "Blow" job for this companion remix album. Eleven hip remixers take their turn but Thirlwell isn't quite willing to entirely let go of the controls as he maintains the executive producer's chair. For me, remix albums are usually a hit and miss proposition and this one's pretty par for the course. I often can't help but think, 'yeah, this is alright, but I like the original much better'. First the ones I like. Franz Treichler (Young Gods) completely turns "The Need Machine" inside out from raucus rocker with aggro vocals to frosty soundscape techno with whispered vocals (which must have been re-recorded). Phylr (JF Coleman, ex-Cop Shoot Cop) does a nice job of transforming "Mandelay" into one of his own moody, predominantly instrumental tracks. Sean Beaven (Kidney Thieves, longtime NIN mixer/engineer/producer) gives "Grace of God" some drum 'n bass fills, clever new samples and eventually a slower guitar fortified chorus. Ursula 1000 serves up "Someone Who Cares" with a whole new white trash race track influenced backing reminiscent of My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult circa "Sexplosion". And Thirlwell himself can't help but join in on the fun by obliterating and extending "The Need Machine". And now the ones I don't much like. Charlie Clouser (Team Nine Inch Nails) gives parts of "Quick Fix" an extra rock jolt but he also relies on far too many NINnie-isms like vocoded and hacked up vocals. Pan Sonic and Kid 606 essentially make new, annoying tracks of their own from pieces of "Kreibabe" and "Shun" while Panacea buries "Heuldoch 7B" in distorted beats and synths. Yuck. And DJ Food tries to make "Suspect" creepier by pitch shifting down much of the vocals but the music is such a mess it makes it intolerable. I'll say it again: hit and miss. I'd rather listen to "Flow", one of my favorite new albums of the year. Foetus.org states that a Blow related event is planned for next January in Los Angeles ...
Where did I get this cd? - mail order via CD Universe.