20 June 2007

48 minutes, 34 seconds

Phallus Dei
Osmose


This is pretty much a remix of Phallus Dei's notorious 1991 album Pontifex Maximus, with a couple of new tracks thrown in. The older material has been prettified a bit, with some more digital-sounding elements (such as bolstered percussion and some synth) thrown in. The result, to my ears, is a defanged version of the original, a mostly unnecessary exercise in revisiting material that was better in its rawer, more feral form.

Why do musicians love the remix so much? I mean, it's not like Picasso decided to paint another Guernica a year later, this time with brighter colors and a puppy in the corner of the canvas.

Also today:

48:32 In the Nursery, Stormhorse
48:31 Seven Pines, Nympholept (CD 1 of 2)
48:30 Müllér of Death!, The Book of Sacrifice
48:29 Gaïta, O Dulcis Scotia
48:29 IWR, Ground Zero
New arrival! 52:40 Kom-Intern, Soviet Alien
48:29 Lush, Spooky
48:26 Punto Omega, Punto Omega
48:23 Implant, Unidentified Flying Frequencies
48:22 Morticians, Mutilation Recreation
48:20 Angeltheory, Black and Blue
48:20 Nebula-H, H

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