Customer Reviews

Re-Wind

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I've was worried about FLA. As a fan since the early 90s, I've watched them grow and develop. And I've stumbled across their MANY side projects, enjoying most. But with FLAVour of the Weak, it appeard FLA was suffering from being strung out TOO much among their side projects. When I buy FLA, I WANT FLA, not Delerium or Synanaesthesia or Noise Unit.

I was hesitant to buy RE-Wind, but I'm a fan. And I'm glad I bought it - as true FLA fans will be. The remixes FLA provides on the first disk are more FLA than the originals. Mind you, it's more the FLA from Tactical Neural Implant rather than the more recent Millenium and Hard Wired. A step back, perhaps, but at least it's back to good old FLA. Much more dancey and club friendly, but that's what makes it so great. The music is catchy and draws you in deeper and deeper. That's the beauty of true FLA. The more you listen, the deeper you get.

The second CD, well, it's remixes. As is the norm, if you like the group who does the remix, you'll probably like the remix.

The main reason to buy it, however, is to have some real FLA to listen to. If you were disappointed with FLAVour, don't pass up RE-Wind. It'll restore your faith, and get you thrashing around the room again.

I bought this CD knowing what I was getting into - and that was for Comatose [Re-Entry-Mix] and Electrocution [Shocker Mix] - both on disc #1. There are a couple or three other mixes that are alright, but the collection as a whole doesn't match up to the album versions, and the remixes are trying too hard to sound like remixes. The drums, and the TB-303 bass lines are just a little too prevalent on most of the tracks (I much prefer the 2600 bass lines). And just for the record, I'm a pretty big fan of FLAvour of the Week.

If you don't have FLAvour of the week, I recommend you buy that first...and if you really dig it and just have to have more, then buy Re-Wind second - or skip it and move onto Epitaph and/or Implode which are both excellent!

The remix of Electrocution on disc 1 is excellent and so is Evil Playground on disc 2. The other remixes are ok aswell, but just not as good as those 2.
This is a worthy investment if you collect FLA cd's. Also recommended as a taste tester for the bands and DJs who do these remixes on disc 2. Disc 1 is remixed by FLA.
This is among my favourite FLA cd's with Caustic Grip, TNI, Hard Wired, and Live Wired. Yep, that's right most of the songs on Re-Wind are remixes of songs from FLAvour Of The Weak, and its EP's, but I like the Leeb+Rhys combo more than Leeb+Peterson (except for this cd and Equinox-Holon).

This 2 CD Remix Digipack from FLA named 'Re-Wind' is a must for any fan of FLA. Disc 1 is mixed by FLA (Leeb, Peterson & Fulber) and Disc 2 is mixed by 7 different artists like Front 242, Collide, Kalte Forben, Eat Static, Cydonia and Fini Tribe who remix FLA songs from the 'Flavor Of The Weak' album. Disc 2 is the highlight with the different styles of songs from all 7 different artists putting their interpretations and representations to FLA songs. On Disc 2 the best three songs that I thoroughly enjoyed were 'Comatose', 'Predator Remix' and 'Colombian Necktie'. All three remixes were craftily done and will suite many varied tastes.
However the artwork of this album leaves alot to be asked. It doesn't look good, isn't appealing nor fits into the album at all. Information of the album was lacking and I could see that no foresight was put into this cover. Hence only 4 stars.

Being a huge fan of Bill Leebs and FLA I buy everything that they release and this re-mix collection was a must have. The music is grand and the re-mixes are astounding. I do have a slight problem with this album and it has nothing to do with the music. There is no book-let and no other information and that looks quite cheap. The pictures on the cover looks like avantgarde art gone awry and I have no idea what it is supposed to mean. I love the remixes and the sounds, samples and beats that have been remade show that Leeb is a true master when it comes to industrial music. The second cd is also amazing and the tracks have been remixed by artists such as Front 242, Kalte Farben and many others. This is a very good re-mix album.

When Bill Leeb and Co. realized what they had done in FLAvour of the Weak, they decided to try and erase that grease spot from their musical career. And Re-wind (or should I say Makedup FLAvour) is the result. The production is much better - it doesn't sound like a semi-amateur electronica cd like FLAvour did - and some "reconstructions" on cd 1 are quite good (namely "Aftermath", "Colombian Necktie", "Comatose"). Unfortunatly, the fact that the songs are among some of the worst ever made by FLA shows even through the tons of nice effects and danceable rythms. CD 2 is interesting, with it's 7 remixes by 7 different artists, which makes the styles change a lot from one track to another. The horrendous first remix by Front 242 (another band in a bad moment?) may cause a bad first impression, but those who manage to get past that one alive, will probably end up enjoying the cd.

To sum it up: better than FLAvour of the Weak, but it still wears out after a couple of wee(a)ks of intense listening. I'd give it 2.5, but since i can't do that, 3 it is.

For anyone who liked FLAvour of the Weak the double disc Re-Wind is something like icing on the cake. The songs range from slightly to quite different and you get a whole slew of new bleeps and bloops to be entertained by. They are surprisingly high quality for remixs(it might help that there's no vocals, so no temptation to badly distort them or make terribly loops) and overall this is probably a better deal for your money than FLAvour of the Weak.

If you've heard Flavour of the Week, you might have been a little disappointed like me, but then the amazing Implode comes along to save the day. Re-Wind is a release in-between these two albums, and re-mixes some Flavour of the Week tracks (FLA's on disc 1 and other artists on disc 2). Many of the re-mixes give rise to very different sounding songs.

At the end of the day, this is far more dance orientated and reminds me of Caustic Grip and Tactical Neural Implant mixed with Flavour, but with hardly any singing - almost in Noise Unit, Drill territory. After Implode, it's rather uninteresting and I have to say I prefer Flavour. This sounds like a serious of B-Side mixes which although are more FLA than Flavour, are not as well mixed and varied.

An okay buy, but stick to Implode for a great listen...

When Bill Leeb and Co. realized what they had done in FLAvour of the Weak, they decided to try and erase that grease spot from their musical career. And Re-wind (or should I say Makedup FLAvour) is the result. The production is much better - it doesn't sound like a semi-amateur electronica cd like FLAvour did - and some "reconstructions" on cd 1 are quite good (namely "Aftermath", "Colombian Necktie", "Comatose"). Unfortunatly, the fact that the songs are among some of the worst ever made by FLA shows even through the tons of nice effects and danceable rythms. CD 2 is interesting, with it's 7 remixes by 7 different artists, which makes the styles change a lot from one track to another. The horrendous first remix by Front 242 (another band in a bad moment?) may cause a bad first impression, but those who manage to get past that one alive, will probably end up enjoying the cd.

To sum it up: better than FLAvour of the Weak, but it still wears out after a couple of wee(a)ks of intense listening. I'd give it 2.5, but since i can't do that, 3 it is.