Here we are on the second leg of a journey to dominate the music-buying world, as only Yanks know how: extending boundaries, swamping all sorts of cultures and generally making yourself as ubiquitous as a red and yellow burger chain. Worked for George Bush, why shouldn’t it work for the DFA who offer, let’s face it, an altogether less injury prone ‘Death From Above’ – one based on giddy, spiralling and amphetamine charged anthems rather than cluster bombs and heavy-artillery air-strikes.
Like the first chapter in this series, ‘The DFA Remixes: Chapter 2’ is composed of the innovative remixes that saw the team become one of the most vital and cutting-edge production teams in the universe (outside of the Neptunes). And many of the remixes here are actually appearing for the first time commercially. The vinyl addition of the album even includes rare instrumental versions.
What’s on? ‘Far From Home’ (Tiga), ‘She Wants To Move’ (N.E.R.D), ‘Colours’ (Hot Chip), ‘Slide In’ (Goldfrapp), ‘In A State’ (U.N.K.L.E) and many, many more (been waiting ages to say that).
Top tunes from above. With a choppy disco edge.