DFA Week: DFA Remixes

(Wow, really original choice of picture to kick this post off Pete)

Yes, another late post. Apologies about that friends (yeah, got to apologise to the hundreds of readers..... what!?) but it's really hard blogging at times, you sometimes have the posts in your head but you can't get the info out. Anyways, I digress. Let's get down to it. Aside from having some amazing artists on the label, James and Tim also are the brains behind the infamous "DFA Remix". To me, the DFA remix is more than just changing a song around a bit. It's more than just adding a beat, adding some loops, changing the structure. The DFA Remix more than just turns a song into a floorfiller. James and Tim work their magic. It's hard to describe, it really is. They change the song into more than just a remix, it's as if they have gone back to basics and recorded the song as if it's their own piece. Every remix under the DFA name is completely original but seems to keep an underground 70's disco- experimental vibe. The live drums and gritty bass also seem like a throw back to like I stated in the first post; the disco-punk sound.



Most of the remixes can be found on the DFA Remixes Chapter 1 & 2 which came out in 2006 on 12" and CD format but with differing track listings. Here is the tracklistings of the CD versions:

Chapter 1:

1. Le Tigre – "Deceptacon" - 6:23
2. Blues Explosion – "Mars, Arizona" - 10:42
3. The Chemical Brothers – "The Boxer" - 9:36
4. Soulwax – "Another Excuse" - 7:58
5. Radio 4 – "Dance To The Underground" - 9:02
6. Fischerspooner – "Emerge" - 4:16
7. Gorillaz – "Dare" - 12:11
8. Metro Area – "Orange Alert" - 5:41
9. Hot Chip – "(Just Like We) Breakdown" - 8:32

Chapter 2:

• 1. Far From Home-Tiga
• 2. Shake Your Coconuts-Junior Senior
• 3. She Wants To Move-N.E.R.D.
• 4. Colours-Hot Chip
• 5. Hand That Feeds-Nine Inch Nails
• 6. Slide In-Goldfrapp
• 7. Destination Overdrive-Chromeo
• 8. In A State-UNKLE
  
  
  
  As you can see, the artists labeled on the remix CD's (they are the UK track listings by the way) are very varied. From Junior Senior to Nine Inch Nails via Metro Area. Other artists have been remixed by the DFA so you should just look out for them, a famous remix is the remix of Paper Planes by M.I.A which appears in the totally overly rated film, Slumdog Millionaire (yeah I said it!). So now you know about the awesomeness that is the DFA Remix, below I have put 5 remixes for you to listen to:
  
  Le Tigre- Deceptacon (DFA Remix
  Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom- Rise (DFA Remix)
  Nine Inch Nails- Hand That Feeds (DFA Remix)
  The Rapture- Sister Savior (DFA Dub)
  Black Dice- Smiling Off (DFA Remix)
  
  Enjoy.
  
  .acdx