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Swirlies

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 12, 1998)
• Original Release Date: April 21, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Taang Records
• ASIN: B000005ZB7
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #386,919 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Remixers can treat sounds, rather than songs, as raw material, and this disc of remixes of tracks by the Swirlies--a Boston indie-rock band with a fondness for wild guitar tones and a My Bloody Valentine fetish--strips their old recordings down to the sound level, does away with their former structure, and reinvents them as dazzling electronica. DJ Spooky and Soul Slinger both turn up with first-rate tracks; lesser-known names like Bob Brass and Rich Costey contribute mind- and genre-bending mixes; the band interjects a few distorted interludes, found sounds, and synth experiments; and everybody's in a playful, inventive mood. The disc's got the bite of rock and the striking newness of the best abstract dance music. --Douglas Wolk

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good mixes of a band that shouldn't be remixed., August 22, 1998

By A Customer

Who ever would have thought the Swirlies would have a remix album? Better yet, who would have thought a Swilies remix album would still contain the atmospheric unease and spacious noise-clutter we love them for? Well, it's been done and it's worth checking out. The mix of 'San Cristobal de las Casas' was quite a sweet surprise, using all of the lyrics and some inventive arranging. The rest of the album holds up well as a piece and shows that any type of music can be remixed well.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars schizoprhenic bop, July 28, 1998

By	Matthew Ness (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews

Somewhere out there the Swirlies are laughing. And well they should. This remix album is yet more proof that genre boundaries are inconsequential and and meaningless. Alt-rock? Post-rock? Dance? Experimental? What me worry? It's good stuff, but you can't put in a box and label it anything. Not even "electronica" fits the bill. And perhaps that's what makes it endearing to me. Fans of Tortoise, Neu, DJ Spooky, and musique concrete will enjoy this ear candy.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Techno remixes of My Bloody Valentine-esque space rock., May 15, 1998

By	William Ragan (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This east coast shoegazing group hand over their tweaked tunage to several DJs and the result is a mind blowing fusion of melody, noise and rhythm. Extraneous noises collide with analong synth burbles, strummed guitars and jungle beats. While not always successful, this release a successful fusion of noise-rock and dance music, similar in concept to Third Eye Foundation's "Ghost" but far more chaotic and upbeat.