Electrify [SINGLE] [ENHANCED] [EP]

Radio 4

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 26, 2003)
• Original Release Date: August 26, 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single, Enhanced, EP
• Label: Astralwerks
• ASIN: B0000B1A2K
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #365,894 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Radio 4's 2003 EP (their first on Astralwerks) is a collection of tracks from 2002's Gotham album - remixed, reinterpreted and redefined by some of the hottest names around, including Playgroup, The Faint & Adrian Sherwood. Features 8 tracks, 'Dance To The Underground' (New Version-Radio Edit), 'Dance To The Underground' (DFA Version), 'Dance To The Underground' (Playgroup Remix), 'Dance To The Underground' (Prance Mix By The Faint), 'Start A Fire' (Justin Robertson Vocal Remix), 'Struggle' (Adrian Sherwood/Mark Stewart Mutant Disco Vocal Mix), 'Dance To The Underground' (New Version-Full Length) & 'Dance To The Underground' (Video). Astralwerks.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jagged Music For Jagged Times, September 1, 2003

By	M. Fantino (San Francisco, California USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Music has gotten so great again, I feel there is an endless supply of fantastic singles out there (again), and I'm not just being nostalgic. The nineties were notorious for lacking in really good singles, it's good to be back on track again. Radio 4 are a band that deserves all the attention they are getting. I could list about four or five bands that I think I hear when I hear Radio 4, but it's unfair to deny them credit for their own sound. Every release they have so far is really great, they don't seem to know how to make a bad song.

I have this one on 12" single (okay, maybe I am being nostalgic) and I am in love with it. Four wildly different interpretations of Dance To The Underground. I actually like The Faint's Prance Mix best for it's new wave dancefloor outerspaceness (the background sounds like something peeled off of an Erasure or New Order 12"), and then second up would be the stripped down and funkified Playgroup remix. Trevor Jackson has really stamped his trademark on this one; he boils it down to a raw, naked, basicness that is really satisfying. I thought I'd like the DFA remix best, but it happens to be the one I like least as it is too laid back and that weird, haunting Bobby McFarrin-bit at the end is just strange.

The bottom line is: If you like Disco-Punk then you need this rather affordable E.P. right away.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything old is new again..., March 11, 2004

By	Tara (miller place, ny United States) - See all my reviews

Literally thought "Dance to the Underground" was a Gang of Four song the first time I heard it. Looking forward to hearing more from this group, and pleased a tv ad is good for _something_!

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Looking for new material, June 8, 2004

By A Customer

Although the remixes add some energy to an initial track, there is not enough material to make this a must have for me.