Fresh back from holiday and out of the frying pan and into the fire. It was hot over in France, but it’s similar in The UK. When we landed just over a week ago, then plane descended through what we thought was fog. It became apparent on landing that it was smoke drifting over from the forest fires near Bordeaux. We flew to an airport a couple of hundred kilometres away, then. Drove back in the opposite direction to our destination, all the while the smell of burning getting stronger, So what better way than to get back into the swing of things than with some Throbbing Gristle, remixed by Carl Craig when he was good. This version of ‘Still Walking’ comes from a compilation of remixes on Mute called ‘Mutant TG’ and, although it doesn’t go off the beaten track until the silent breakdown at around five minutes, to emerge into the dawn of time underworld closing the track, it’s a salient reminder of just how great Carl Craig used to be. I should qualify this by admitting that I haven’t heard ‘Meditations’, the album he has just produced. It might be a masterwork. However, his more recent output generally, as well as his choice of headgear leaves a lot to be desired. This though, as well as his remix of ‘Hot On The Heels Of Love’ show real imagination and a desire to go out on a limb. This isn’t techno as such, rather something uncategorizable and instinctive. Not following a prescribed pattern and relying as much as can be expected on a stream-of-consciousness approach. It still has to be polished and refined in the studio, but a rawness remains.
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