Thursday 18 September 2008

FOLK IMPLOSION – NATURAL ONE (LONDON)


FOLK IMPLOSION – NATURAL ONE (LONDON)

In addition to the first single featuring b-sides by Folk Implosion there was also this second CD containing three remixes by Unkle.

Natural One” remains a song that can be listened to over and over.  The laidback but sinister manner in which things are directed makes for a significant sense of cool.  The defiance put out by the words of Lou Barlow transplants the listener to a nonchalant and decadent moment of mind and time.  Placed into the context of being from the movie Kids, placed as being the mindset of a teenager about to be unleashed on the world the words “there’s no telling what we’ll do when we’re free” is downright frightening while also being quite titillating, offering older listeners the chance to recall more carefree and opportunistic times.

Moving onto the remixes the first reworking features a click tickling opening that soon melts into extended bass drone and scratching as Barlow’s vocals sound more phoned in than ever.  The new beats are clear as if inserted by DJ Shadow.  It all lends a new kind of movement to the piece offering a new degree of exploration and a more futuristic street feel to nonchalance.

The Instrumental Mix that follows does exactly what it says on the tin offering the above remix without the Barlow words and whine creating something very trip hop barely recognisable from the original offering of “Natural One”.  Here unlike before the piano line gets to stand out offering a sinister aside to proceedings.

The final Unkle No Skratch Mix actually doesn’t differ greatly to the initial remix and thus from a literal perspective fails to offer any additional to the track.  Someone had an easy day in the office with this one.

Sometimes enough is enough, there is no beating/bettering the original on this one.

Thesaurus moment: recast.

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