Demons makes this a must buy
James B. McGill | Phoenix, AZ, United States | 02/09/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"It's a shame that you can only preview the first five tracks here at Amazon.com, because for me track 6, Demons (Stanton Warrior's Mix) is my favourite track on this album. The baseline is strong and the track is a good six minutes of joy. If you can enjoy Macy Gray's voice then this mix is wonderful. There is a similar mix of this remixed by the same person on the Chamber Sands EP, but this version is more thumping. I also enjoyed the Star 69 and Sunset remixes on this EP. Illuminati is also good. The other two tracks can be skipped."
The first part in a neat little EP trilogy!
Devin DiMattia | North Carolina, USA | 03/21/2003
(4 out of 5 stars)
"...this is disc one in a three-EP set released by that wonderful American techno label Astralwerks. It contains one b-side plus a slew of remixes from Slim's excellent third album "Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars".The b-side, "Illuminati", is a track Fatboy Slim has been tweaking for years now. It first surfaced as the song "Michael Jackson", a b-side to his debut album, "Better Living Through Chemistry" before appearing as a bonus track on the US version of the album. It popped up again mixed into Slim's mix CD "On the Floor at the Boutique". It made its latest appearance in the film "Tomb Raider" and onto its soundtrack. This latest incarnation is probably the best. It's still catchy as ever and Bootsy Collins' vocals replace the Michael Jackson samples (i.e. "Micheal Jackson...look what you've done!")As for the other remixes, I just really haven't got the hang of them. Timo Maas' mix of "Star 69" is pretty good and I just love the Darren Emerson mix of "Sunset (Bird of Prey)" which throws Jim Morrison's vocals through a vocoder, but the other remixes sound kinda bland.Still, out of the three EPs, "Illuminati" is probably the best due to its stellar b-side and two excellent remixes."
Fatboy slim...minus the fatboy, uh, slim...weird
Null | Where I Am | 02/02/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"all right...i'm gonna start out by saying that i'm a fatboy slim enthusiast, and won't stop until i have all his CDs pre-ordered, burned, or the like. even though it isn't fatboy, the new ideas that the remixers have taken to these songs is incredible. in fact, i'm listening to Illuminati right now! (it's a remix of Michael Jackson from his CD Better Living Through Chemistry.) and then came Timo Maas' mix of Star 69, (originally off of Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars, but also used in Live on Brighton Beach.) all I could say was "wow" when i first heard this song. this will be the more complete review...just because i want it to be. i guess this is as complete as it'll be. i've just lost all interest...sorry. the CD IS good, get it. You'll agree!"
Track Listings (6) - Disc #1