Child Bite
"Exquisite Luxury"
remix EP
Suburban
Sprawl Music
Genre: experimental
Aug 13 2008 |
On the eve of the release of their latest album, Child Bite
have issued this short remix EP, featuring tracks from their debut
album Wild Feast cut up and reassembled by Vice Cooler (XBXRX/Hawnay
Troof) and Scott Allen (Thunderbirds Are Now!) -
three by the former, and four by the latter. Notably, each remixer has
his own distinct sound. The three tracks from Vice Cooler are
considerably more experimental and cacophonous than those by his
counterpart; the instrumental death-banjo of "Swamp Art" is Vice's
best offering - his other two are all exciting and enthusiastic, but
not much for repeated listening. Scott Allen's remixes,
meanwhile, offer more in terms of danceability, and profit from that
fact considerably. Particularly noteworthy are the spastic teen queen
beatz of "From the Eighteen Hundreds" and the dense melodic
dance-insanity of best-of-record "Double Wildcat."
Importantly, this wonderfully designed EP comes with some clever
"enhanced CD" chicanery, the prime component of which are music videos
for all seven tracks. Particularly wondrous are the videos for "Broach
For Two" and "Double Wildcat," and "Wink Wave (With A)" is worth
checking out for a giggle, too.
child
bite's myspace
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youuuuuuuutube!:
double wildcat video,
broach for two video,
wink wave (with a) video
Matt Shimmer
[Vitals: 7 tracks + 7
videos, distributed by
the
label,
released 2008] |