Spring Break
The Second Coming Of 'Year Zero'
CD Review
Stephen Ortiz
Issue date: 11/28/07 Section: Focus
Some other noteworthy efforts include: Epworth Phones' "Capital G," which starts off a bit slow but once the vocals kick in, it really starts moving though it is still a little too long (seven and a half minutes); Bill Laswell's take on "Vessel" finds itself being one of the few songs that, although remixed, still sounds like a genuine NIN song; and the collaborative effort between Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert on "God Given" paces itself very well so the listener is never bored with it.
The best remix on the album goes to Modwheelmod for "The Great Destroyer." The song was stripped of all the original music, and replaced with an original acoustic guitar and scarce effects. The end result is haunting, somber and oddly beautiful. "Destroyer" was an already great song made even better here.
A few other of the tracks are done justice on "R3M1X3D," but there is also a fair share of let downs. "My Violent Heart" by Pirate Robot Midget loses all of the impact of the original recording. Reznor's vocals are drowned out by the Benny Benassi-esque beat, and the end package doesn't quite sync up well together.
Others include "The Beginning of the End" by Ladytron and "Me I'm Not" by Olof Dreijer. The first is not entirely bad, but no where near as cool as the original, and the latter is fourteen minutes long but includes no vocals at all. Listeners will quickly lose patience of it because nothing really happens until about … well, ever.
If the second disc features don't really appeal to you, then knock a star off this score, but otherwise, "Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D" is a cool package all around.
Contact Stephen Ortiz at
Stephen.Ortiz@UConn.edu.
The best remix on the album goes to Modwheelmod for "The Great Destroyer." The song was stripped of all the original music, and replaced with an original acoustic guitar and scarce effects. The end result is haunting, somber and oddly beautiful. "Destroyer" was an already great song made even better here.
A few other of the tracks are done justice on "R3M1X3D," but there is also a fair share of let downs. "My Violent Heart" by Pirate Robot Midget loses all of the impact of the original recording. Reznor's vocals are drowned out by the Benny Benassi-esque beat, and the end package doesn't quite sync up well together.
Others include "The Beginning of the End" by Ladytron and "Me I'm Not" by Olof Dreijer. The first is not entirely bad, but no where near as cool as the original, and the latter is fourteen minutes long but includes no vocals at all. Listeners will quickly lose patience of it because nothing really happens until about … well, ever.
If the second disc features don't really appeal to you, then knock a star off this score, but otherwise, "Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D" is a cool package all around.
Contact Stephen Ortiz at
Stephen.Ortiz@UConn.edu.
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Steven Flores
posted 11/29/07 @ 12:16 AM EST
Correction.
There is a remix of "The Good Soldier" by Sam Fogarino of Interpol plus two alternate mixes of "Vessel" by Bill Laswell and two more remixes of "Capital G" by Switch & Ladytron on the vinyl version of the album. (Continued…)
David LeBeau
posted 11/29/07 @ 1:33 AM EST
the coolest part about this disc is that some of the tracks on this album were done by fans then released subsequently for the fans. if you are not a nin fan or a techno/dance/trance anything-electronic kind of fan, then this is for your friends that are. (Continued…)
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