Just in time to warm the winter months up north (and soundtrack some seriously dreamy summer nights down south) comes a very special remix package for Mirko Lokos album >Seventynine<, featuring three certified legends of house and techno: Carl Craig, Ricardo Villalobos and Cadenzas own master of ceremonies, Luciano. And when we say >very special<, we mean it: these are big tunes with a deceptively subtle touch, and their sleight-of-hand moves are going to turn all types of dance floors upside down.
On the A-side, Planet E’s Carl Craig tackles “Love Harmonic” and turns in what might just be his most expansive remix since Junior Boys’ “Like a Child.” Stretching to nearly 12 minutes and following a long, gradual buildup of rolling congas, you might not immediately realize quite how mammoth this tune is. It’s only once you’re in the thick of things, with those trademark C2 sawtooth drones slicing through a glistening haze of strings, that you feel its full impact: this isn’t just a journey, it’s a trip around the world in a hot-air balloon. On the B-side, Ricardo Villalobos takes us to a place only he knows how to reach with “Takhtok ‘Hilery’s Chant’ remix (edit),” placing the chanting children’s choir of the original at center stage, and framing them with a velvety curtain of fuzzy synthesizers and shirred, crumpled beats. The groove assembles itself around whispering shakers and a crisp handclap, with tiny percussive scraps left floating in the air; everything feels at once close up and faraway. Time doesn’t so much stop as congeal into a swirling, bubbling gel; the liquid pulse is inside you and all around you. This is Ricardo at his amniotic best.
2000 & One: “Great remixes!!!!!! ”
Alex Picone (Cadenza): “Support !!! ”
Ali -Tiefschwarz: “Amazing package!”
Anja Schneider: “Fantastic remixes ! love them all- Thxxxxx ”
Carl Craig: “Some crazy monster highjinx”
Carsten Klemann: “Killer remix from the master!!five stars! ”
D'Julz: “Great package , difficult to choose one. full support ”
DJ Hell: “Great !!!”
DJ Koze: “I like! Happy new year !! ”
DJ Mag - Chris Baratt: “Absolutly Brilliant!”
dOP (Circus Company): “Amazing remixes !!!!”
Dyed Soundorom: “Brilliant !!!”
Ernesto Ferreyra: “Excellent pack for the sticky nights of the south american summer i will be playing this a lot. Carl Craig remix reminds me of some early david Alvarado tracks.. I love it!!! ”
Fe=derico Molinari (Oslo): “nice rmxs, i will play them!”
Fresh Meat / Berlin Mitte Inst: “Excellent remix release ! Carl Craig remix is the one for me. The other one is for very special moments.”
Gavin Herlihy: “Three masterful remixes from three masters of our scene. Luciano's mix will probably prove the most versatile in my sets but Ricardo's mix pushes new boundaries in the blurring of the lines between techno and dubstep as only he can. inspiring stuff! ”
Glimpse: “Great tracks thanks. My fav is Carl Remix X”
Groove magazine - Thilo: “Great package!”
Laurent Garnier: “Very good as always Monsieur Mirko Will play for sure”
Marco Carola: “really good EP !”
Martinez (Moon Harbour): “Thnx! Ricardo's remix blow me away... beautiful groove and pads... lovin it, will play for sure! ”
Massi DL: “Great package of remixes! but the one i like more is the beatless version of love harmonic. super! ”
Mathias Kaden: “Great!!!! all 3 remixes are a kind of lessons in sounddesign....strong remix ep!!! ”
Mendo (Cadenza): “Carl Craig and Luciano remixes sounds really nice !!! I'll play & chart !!! ”
Michel Cleis: “Great release”
Mike Shannon (Cynosure, Wagon: “Two great remixes! Definitely going to drop both of them. ”
Mixmag - Ed Karney: “Carl Craig's remix is stunning, also big support on Ricardo's remix ”
Nick Curly: “Bomb!”
Nick Curly (Cecille): “great remixes from mirkos tracks. like both”
Oleg Poliakov (Circus Company): “The Ricardo villalbos remix is astonishing ... remind me some brian eno stuff ... very organic with a lot of subtile details ... magic !!!! The ricardo rmx is my fav but others version are really cool ! thx ”
Onur Ozer: “Great remixes !! thanks for the beautiful music ”
Paco Osuna: “Luciano and Carl Craig are my favourites can choose wich one i prefer :) ”
Pete Tong (BBC-Radio1): “A beautiful soundscape from Carl Craig”
Posivision magazine: “Amazing release! Carl Craig release is really cool! Villalobos edit is "Beau"! Luciano rmx is great digital cumbia!!! ”
Radio Slave: “What a package...Stunning remixes from Carl, Luciano and Ricardo... Will be playing them all this weekend... love from Hawaii ! ”
Ralph Lawson (20:20 Vision): “Wow you lucky lucky people ! I wish we had that Carl Craig mix !!!!!!! Great start to the year to hear music as good as this ! ”
Ralph Moore MIXMAG (UK): “Sublime record, killer mix package and legendary producers and remixers involved here.... couldn't dig this project more. Bravo Luciano!!”
Raresh: “Amazing release !”
Reboot: “No comment... Just Brilliant!”
Ry=an Keeling Resident Advisor: “Exactly what you'd expect from these two. ”
Sascha Dive (Deep Vibes): “villalobos remix is the best!”
Sascha Funke (Bpitch Control): “both remixes are excellent”
Sasha Dive: “Villalobos remix is nice”
Sebo K: “Excellent package! all versions are superb. ”
Tama Sumo (Ostgut): “Like the atmosphere of RV Remix! ”
The Martinez Brothers (Objekti: “Love Harmonic will definetly play!!”
Trax magazine - Molly: “Great sounds here ... thank you !”
Vincent Lemieux (Musique Risqu: “What can be said when you ask the best to remix great original material? This record. Good Job guys. ”
Will Saul (Simple records): “The Villalobos remix is breathtaking....Carl Craig's mix is equally sublime. Full support on this EP from me. ”