Taking Sides: Remixes by the Chemical Brothers vs. Remixes OF the Chemical Brothers

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Example of the former: Prodigy, "Voodoo People" (Chemical Brothers remix). Takes a hyperactive limb-flailer and slows it down to a blunted futurfonk lope.

Example of the latter: Chemical Brothers, "Life Is Sweet" (Daft Punk remix). Strips away all the Bass Of Death and the million drums bangin' and reconstructs it into an entirely different creature: long, minimalist, hypnotic and amazing.

― Nate Patrin, Monday, 9 September 2002 22:51 (twenty-three years ago)

The Daft Punk mix wins I'm afraid. Absolutely brilliant.

― Michael Bourke, Monday, 9 September 2002 23:07 (twenty-three years ago)

I've always felt the Chems to be far better remixers than original artists. With the honourable exceptions of "Life Is Sweet" and "Out Of Control", I'd take their early-mid '90s remix work over the vast majority of their own recorded output.

― Charlie, Monday, 9 September 2002 23:29 (twenty-three years ago)

Score Draw

― blueski, Tuesday, 10 September 2002 16:46 (twenty-three years ago)

Top remixes by the Chems: Dave Clarke's No One's Driving, Bomb The Bass's Bug Powder Dust, Saint Etienne's Like A Motorway, Spiritualized's I Think I'm In Love. Top remixes of the Chems: Chemical Beats (Dave Clarke - a nice symmetry), Leave Home (Underworld), Out Of Control (Sasha). Plus Nate's choices, of course. Not a lot in it, I think.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 10 September 2002 19:16 (twenty-three years ago)

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