Love Remixes - Luke Slater (Mote-Evolver)

Title: Love Remixes

Artist: Luke Slater

Label: Mote-Evolver

Cat Number: MOTELP05

Genre: Techno

A1: Love (Burial Remix)

A2: Love (Lucy Remix)

B1: Love (The 7^thPlain Collage Remix)

C1: Love (Planetary Assault Systems Low Blow Remix)

D1: Love (Marcel Dettmann City Remix)

D2: Love (Silent Servant Remix)

DIGI: Love (Marcel Dettmann Black Glove Remix)

DIGI: Love (Scuba Bagley’s Remix)

A body-slamming package, the type of which I would usually avoid, but such is the caliber of artist on the remix then I am more than a little interested. If Burial’s version isn’t an indirect homage to Carl Craig’s timeless reworking of ‘Domina’, then the coincidence is impressive. Lucy’s, and the Low Blow are subtle and linear, while Dettmann’s City Remix is similar, but with wonderful syncopation. Scuba’s Bagley’s jobbie is trancetastic and goes straight for the jugular, while Silent Servant deploys similar sonic artillery but never hits top gear and remains frustratingly low key. Dettmann’s Black Glove Remix amplifies the funk of the City, while the sonic tapestry of The 7^thPlain Collage Remix evolves from the slow beginnings of the Silurian period into the delicate bump and hustle of the Devonian. None of these reinterpretations take too many liberties with the original, but manage to add a new facet to it, which is nice.