Black Faction "Reworked" Vivo Records vivo 2002 005CD (72:34)
John Hudak "Grains" (:46)
Black Faction "Cartesian" (4:55)
Black Faction "Afghan Front Mix 3" (:38)
Universal Delux "Kaftanistanabul 1" (5:20)
Rapoon "Odessian" (1:09)
Rapoon "Caligulan" (4:45)
Keith Fullerton Whitman "Sepia Indate" (7:21)
Sutekh "Oakland Concréte" (5:00)
Valea Djinn "Modenesa - The Arleasian Girl Remix" (4:20)
Black Faction "Danté is Afraid of Virgils Vision" (2:33)
Nemezis "Window Maker" (5:24)
John Hudak "Älska dig min Kärlek" (:58)
Unknown "Into the Ether" (1:57)
Black Moses "Anti-Freeze -Props Mix" (3:13)
Black Arc / Cclay "Caucus Burial Final" (2:29)
Foreign Terrain / Cclay "Dissidents in Exile" (8:25)
Black Arc (Seven Sages Version) "Mina Schoen Unreleased" (13:21)
Though technically a remix album of 2001's "Internal Dissident Part 1", it's more practical to consider "Reworked" a new entity. Mancunian Andrew Diey aka Black Faction takes in the input of about 10 other artists from around the world, often adding "additional sound design" to their reworkings, and splices in more of his own for another 72 minutes of seamless segues. Whether it's Diey's or the others' doing, the sound never strays too far from Black Faction's (varied) aesthetics. Diey's own "Cartesian" sets the tone in typical Black Faction style: crisp and clean, cinematic electronica that's as melodic as it is moody. Universal Delux's "Kaftanistanabul 1" blends deep beats, tinted textures and Middle Eastern voices (the disc is dedicated to friend and influence Bryn Jones aka Muslimgauze). Rapoon's "Caligulan" is a seething dark ambient soup that pours neatly into the metallic tone collage of Keith Fullerton Whitman's "Sepia Indate". Back to the rhythm as Sutekh goes gritty techno with "Oakland Concréte" and Valea Djinn loops her own pretty vocal wail into the quirky mix of "Modenesa". Nemezis rechristen "Widowmaker" as "Windowmaker" and it's just as subtle and sublime as the original masterpiece. Black Moses drop the Hip Hop bomb, scattering cut-up MCing over the lilting string pads and minimal beat of "Anti-Freeze -Props Mix". The lengthy finales are "Dissidents in Exile" by Foreign Terrain (Diey's previous moniker) and CClay and "Mina Schoen Unreleased" by Black Arc (Seven Sages Version, another of Diey's projects). Both settle into mild mannered, repetitious rhythms allowing the feminine voices and miscellaneous sound effects to fill the foreground. Every facet of Black Faction's sound is expertly explored here making for an album that's as good if not better than "Internal Dissident Part 1". And it's a fine companion to the "New Cult of the Sun Moon" two disc collaboration between Robin Storey (Rapoon) and Diey, out now via Soleilmoon ...
Alchemy
Audio Lab - Black Faction
Vivo Records
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