Warp 10+3 Remixes

Warp 10 (Series)

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 12, 1999)
• Original Release Date: October 12, 1999
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Matador Records
• ASIN: B00001SVNJ
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #121,909 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Simon from Sydney - Aphex Twin, , LFO

2. Hey Hey! Can U Relate? - DJ Mink

3. Kid for Today - Boards of Canada

4. When Face Was Face - Seefeel

5. Vletrmx - Autechre

6. Nurture - LFO

7. Testone - Sweet Exorcist

8. Sal Batardes - Nightmares on Wax

9. Playtime - Nightmares on Wax

10. Hammer Without a Master - Broadcast

See all 12 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Eagle in Your Mind - Boards of Canada

2. Wilmot - The Sabres of Paradise

3. Spine Bubbles - Two Lone Swordsmen

4. Polka Trax [3] - Mike Ink

5. Freeze - LFO

6. Big Loada - Squarepusher

7. Book Lovers - Broadcast

8. Come to Daddy - Aphex Twin

9. Air-Eyes - Seefeel

10. Mad Jack - Sweet Exorcist

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Once upon a time, a remix was an attempt by a producer to make a track more danceable--to pump up the bass, drop an infectious tambourine loop over the steady 4/4 rhythm, and add some echo to spark the crowd's buzz. But in the hands of the Intelligent Dance Music crowd--the style, pioneered by Warp Records, of applying dance-floor technologies to armchair music--the remix took on the in-joke mentality of a postmodern literary trickster. Tracks--not songs, tracks (if they started off as songs they inevitably got turned into tracks)--were pulled inside out, pushed through a filter that replaced beauty with noise and wrung it out to dry. The two-CD remix portion of Warp's 10th anniversary series takes this aesthetic as far as it can possibly go. This is contrariness squared. Oval applies his patented skipping-and-stripping CD methodology to Squarepusher's jittery drill and bass. Four Tet splices his disembodied reconstruction of a jazz rhythm section onto one of Aphex Twin's oddly effectless ambient works. Jim O'Rourke subjects one of Autechre's stop-start sonic mazes to his obsessively detail-oriented studio savvy. The result certainly has a hothouse quality to it, but hey, when you're not out on the dance floor, you've gotta work up a sweat somehow. --Jeff Salamon

Product Description

Double CD Set featuring 25 Exclusive Remixes from Warp's Back Catalog. Remixers Include Spiritualised, Mogwai and Jim Mcintyre to Surgeon, Jimi Tenor and Autechre. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Some very good stuff on these CD's, October 13, 1999

By	Guy Thompson ([e-mail]) (Sale, Cheshire, England) - See all my reviews

While I was singularly unimpressed with the Influences collection in this trio of Warp releases, this volume is a much more worthy release. Various songs from the Warp back-catalogue remixed by people from all around the electronic scene, this makes for a very diverse and original listening experiences. Highlights are Isan's remix of Seefeel, Plaid's reworking of Autechre and John McEntire's vision of Nightmaers on Wax. Overall, the quality perhaps fades a little on the second disc (as is almost universally the case on double albums), but there is enough quantity and variation to ensure that there is plenty on offer for any fan of electronic music.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The BEST mixing the BEST, May 14, 2000

By	inputcodetrnsfus (Rochester Hills, Michigan) - See all my reviews

Out of the 3 box sets warp released, this is by far the one worth buying. Classics and Influences unfortunately showcased warp BEFORE they signed their good artists. But warp 10+3 doesn't dissapoint. Great remixes of great songs. Aphex, Autechre, Squarepusher, LFO, Plaid, Bogdan all remixing each others stuff. I especially like the remixes of aphex twin's and autechre's stuff, while the oval squarepusher mix fell way short. Yes the album may have some slumps, but it showcases the whole WARP crew in their full, and shows not only their capability to make the best music in the world, but the ability to adapt to others styles and make great mixes in the warp TRADITION. Favs are remix of SAWII #1, Plaid Veltmx, Bogdan mixing Autechre, among TONS of others. This isn't the best album ever, but it sure is a good buy for a two disc set. And bad vibes go out to one of the other reviewers who said warp is at its all time low. If you ask me, they are conforming perfectly with the times. The future holds some great releases.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Certainly not for the Casual Listener but essential for fans, February 19, 2004

By	fetish_2000 (U.K.) - See all my reviews

To Celebrate Warp Records 10 year anniversary, they issued 3 double disc albums, detailing they're discography through the 10 years of the label ("Classics", "Remixes, "Influences"). This issue (Remixes) takes existing Warp classics, and lets loose some Warp & other artists to rebuild the tracks. With the exception of a couple of tracks, virtually all the remixed tracks here are surprisingly downbeat, and wonderfully brilliant for it. "Plaid's" remix of "Autechre's - Vletrmx" is given the usual sparkling electronic melodic's we come to expect from Plaid. "Four Tet" smooth the edges off "Aphex Twin's - Untitled" track, turning it into sprawling instrumental greatness. "Stereolab's" reimaging "Boards of Canada's - Kid for today", with equally pleasing results. The only criticism that could be levelled at this release is that it's geared to Warp enthusiasts and requires extensive knowledge of the labels to get the best out of it. But as a definitive collection of remix work, this'll take some beating.