Billie Holiday - Remixed & Reimagined (Dig)
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Artist: Billie HolidayEdition: Music CD
Music CD: Region Code 0
CD Release Date: 2007-08-07
Audience Rating: Unrated
Music Label: Sony Legacy
Soundtracks:
- I Hear Music (Swingsett & Takuya's Mighty Fine Remix)
- More Than You Know (Jazzeem's Throwback Remix)
- Spreadin' Rhythm Around (Lady Bug vs. Lady Day RR Remix)
- Long Gone Blues (GXR Remix)
- Trav'lin' All Alone (Nickodemus & Zeb Remix)
- He Ain't Got Rhythm (Poppyseed Remix)
- Summertime (Organica Remix)
- I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away The Key) (Madison Park Remix)
- Glad To Be Unhappy (DJ Logic Remix)
- Billie's Blues (Daniel Y Remix)
- You're So Desirable (Sunday People Remix)
- Pennies From Heaven (Count De Money Remix)
- But Beautiful (Tony Humphries THP Remix)
- All Of Me (Charles Feelgood Remix)
Music reviews of Remixed & Reimagined (Dig)
Music Review: 2 1/2 stars - Remixed, Ruined & Disrespected
Rating: 2 Stars
I will start off by saying this: I did not enjoy the Nina Simone remixed album. Still, I bought this because I wanted to give the idea another chance, and maybe this one was better. Although I enjoyed this collection a bit more, I am still very disappointed.
This disc has all the same problems as the Nina Simone album of the same title; the vocals of legendary Billie Holiday are treated as just another pro-tool by most of the producers. They are chopped up, blurred, distorted and some are neglected and left out of the mixes altogether. Her voice is burried in the mix of extremely repetitive, long and anti-climactic backdrops of lounge music and quite frankly, the emotion and feeling is lost for me. Some of the remixes sound like they put her records on and they just kept on skipping and skipping on the same lyric, over and over again. And as sad as I am to say this, Billie is almost never the main focus.
I did actually enjoy a few. "I Hear Music" is quite energetic, I like the modern touch to "Spreadin' Rhythm Around" and "Glad To Be Unhappy" was pretty nice, too. The others were just a blur for me. A very annoying, drawn out blur. Is this a good CD to play in the background of a small get together or a store? Sure. Is this for you if you like lounge music? Probably, yes. Is it a good thing to put on when cleaning? Why not? But can I sit down, listen to it and appreciate it? No. I'll stick to the originals, thanks.
Description of Remixed & Reimagined (Dig)
The most heartfelt vintage master-tape performances of Billie Holiday - quite simply the 20th century's prominent jazz vocalist - given the once-over by the most groove-worthy remixers of the 21st century, including Tony Humphries, DJ Logic, Charles Feelgood, Swingsett, Nickodemus, Jazzy Nice, Organica, and more!Hot on the heels of Nina Simone's like-minded project, this 14-track disk takes Billie Holiday's masterful and mourning vocals of 1935 to 1958 to the 21st-century digital dance floor, courtesy of some resourceful remixers and DJs from Swingsett & Takuya and Nickodemus & Zeb to Organica and Poppyseed. You have to give these aural alchemists credit for their daring, but some tracks work better than others. The best include "Spreadin? Rhythm Around," featuring Digable Planet's Ladybug Mecca, the echoplexed embers of GXR's "Long Gone Blues," DJ Logic's string-centric "Glad to be Unhappy," and Daniel Y's infectious, Soul to Soul/Loose Ends grooved "Billie's Blues." With augmentation provided by live guitarists, keyboardists, and percussionists, these scientists of sound don't desecrate the gardenia-wearing goddess's eternal artistry; rather, they globally reposition it for this era's electronica-fueled iPod generation, from the downbeat to the download. --Eugene Holley, Jr.
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