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I see I'm not the first person who was a little shall-we-say skeptical of the concept. I mean, really. Electronica remixes of acoustic folk lullabyes? Does it get any more gimmicky? Yea, all signs pointed to "save your money" on this one. But deep down I wanted to believe. I knew that a concept like this really could make for wonderful music, if only it was done right. With taste, with imagination, with respect for the source material -- I mean, it could be really good! Couldn't it? So, with a little trepidation, I purchased Versus. I bought it used, so as to limit my losses. And what do you know. It's better than I'd even hoped. My wife loves it too -- we even found that the baby will stop crying when we put it on. She just stares at the speakers with an expression halfway between awestruck and dumbstruck. We love it so much that we were hesitant to buy the original versions ("Quiet is the New Loud") until just recently. I figured they would seem empty to us. Wrong again. Blown away again. But that's a subject for a different review. I can go back and forth between this and QitNL without any of that jarring feeling -- you know, like when you hear an old song that your favorite band covered once, and you're so used to the cover that something always seems to be missing, and you can't stop noticing its absence? Well, none of that. It's like each of the artists brings such a new vision to their track that they created a whole new song altogether. Almost all of them, anyway. Maybe if I'd bought QitNL first it would be different. I don't know. I say, get this one first. It's a little more "hooky". There is a bit of repetition.Read more ›
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In a day where there are so many good remixes of horrible songs, and horrible remixes of great songs, this album finally brings us a real treat. This is masterful; a piece that should be viewed as a model for what remixes of folk should look like. The artists on this disc recognized the essence and soul of the music it is derived from and the experience this creates is an even more passionate rendition of the same emotions of the first album. Taking the brilliant originals, recognizing the reason they exist as their own exceptional works, and reworking them to make those points even more prominent. Gold for the Price of Silver, Toxic Girl, and Weight of My Words are highlights for me. I hope this album is viewed as a model, and purchased in the same volume as the first album is. If you like Quiet is the New Loud, you must listen to this. If you like folk and electronic music this is a must own.
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Quiet is the New Loud was quite enjoyable--but sometimes lacked variety. The re-mixes and re-makes of the songs have amended this, and I have to admit that I like Versus better than the original.
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The Kings of Convenience's QUIET IS THE NEW LOUD a worked over on VERSUS, with decidedly mixed resuilts. Royksopp gets the album off to a good start with their mid-tempo mix of "I Don't Know What I Can Save You From," while Four Tet does their abstract thing on "The Weight of My Words" (with both the vocal and the instrumental versions). "The Girl from Back Then" receives a lounge-y remix courtesy of Riton, but the standout on the album is their collaboration with Erot, "Gold for the Price of Silver," a downtempo track that glimmers with all the precious metals you can think of. Evil Tordivel transforms "Leaning Against the Wall" into a tropical Copacabana-band arrangement. A few of the remixers aren't able to really improve on the originals, so they simply add instruments, like the strings on "Toxic Girl" or the percussion and feedback guitar that drown out everything on Alfie's take on "Failure." That isn't true, however, of Ladytron's mix of "Little Kids," which opts for dark and shimmery new wave. Overall, VERSUS is great companion piece to the album.
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Upon my 3rd listen to this disc, I came to the conclusion that the Kings of Convenience in this electronic setting sound like the second coming of a post-modern Prefab Sprout. The Simon & Garfunkel and Nick Drake comparisons are right on the money too. This collection sets a very high & glossy standard for remix discs as it's one of the more consistent ones I've ever heard. The Four Tet remixes of 'Weight of my Words' get all the press in reviews, and while it's genuinely great, it's far from being the best remix on here. The Royksopp remix of 'I Don't Know What I Can Save You From' is fantastic and perfectly sets the mood as the opening track. The collaboration with Erot on 'Gold For The Price of Silver' is strictly martini disco with a great funk inflected guitar line loping throughout. My favorite track would have to be possibly the most goofy one, the remake by Evil Tordivel (who the heck is this person?) of 'Leaning Against The Wall', is just a purely fun Burt Bacharach meets Badly Drawn Boy produced by Stereolab romper room electronic jam. A fun, swanky and altogether enjoyable experience.
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