Reprise Remixes

by Moby

Overview

Nearly all of Moby's major full-lengths since his 1995 critical breakthrough Everything Is Wrong have been accompanied by remix albums, ambient translations, or other reworks of his material. Reprise, released by Deutsche Grammophon in 2021, consisted of full orchestral re-recordings of his most familiar songs (as well as a cover of "Heroes" by primary influence and close friend David Bowie), accompanied by a cast of guest vocalists including Gregory Porter, Mark Lanegan, and Jim James. Reprise Remixed focuses on nine of the songs from Reprise, with several appearing in multiple versions. Many of the remixers attempt to do something new with the source material, which is welcome, since even the most casual Moby listener has heard the original versions of these songs countless times. "Go," for instance, has seen an infinite number of remixes since it jump-started Moby's career in the early '90s, and he impressively manages to refresh the song with his own "Trophy Mix" (presumably named after his short-lived underground Mute sublabel, Trophy Records). The track starts out with heavy bongos, shakers, and kick drums, taking more than two minutes to arrive at its dramatic Twin Peaks melody, and splendidly combining orchestral grandeur with raw beats. Anfisa Letyago's mix of the same song is more subtle and levitating, only briefly working in that haunting string melody. The most radical deconstruction on the album is Bambounou's take on "Porcelain," which submerges Moby's and Jim James' vocals in ring-modulated glitchiness and Richard D. James Album-style skittery breaks. Efdemin also contributes two contrasting versions of "Porcelain," a hypnotic minimal techno mix followed by a much more relaxed Kruder & Dorfmeister-esque dub. The biggest, boldest house tracks on the release are the reinterpretations of the gospel-derived hits from Play, although Moby's own "West Side Highway Remix" of "Natural Blues" goes for more of an organic, guitar-based funk angle, and Max Cooper pulls the song apart with excessive time-stretching on the vocals, eventually heating it up to a fervor with stomping beats and atmospheric strings. As with nearly all remix albums, particularly ones with multiple versions of the same songs, Reprise Remixed is uneven, but it's much more varied and surprising than the faithful, big-stage adaptations of Reprise, and it does find creative ways to approach well-worn material from a variety of fresh perspectives. ~ Paul Simpson

Product Details

Release Date:	05/20/2022
Label:	Deutsche Grammophon
UPC:	0028948605750

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Moby   Primary Artist,Guitar (Electric),Vocals (Background),Bass,Organ,Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Percussion,Synthesizer,Fender Rhodes,Guitar (Bass),Synthesizer Bass,Guitar (Acoustic)
Luna Li   Primary Artist,Vocals
Topic   Primary Artist
Apollo Jane   Primary Artist,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Alice Skye   Primary Artist,Vocals
Efdemin   Primary Artist
Deitrick Haddon   Primary Artist,Vocals
Mindy Jones   Primary Artist,Vocals (Background),Vocals
Amythyst Kiah   Primary Artist,Vocals
Christian Loeffler   Primary Artist
Mathame   Primary Artist,Synthesizer
Jim James   Primary Artist,Vocals
Gregory Porter   Primary Artist,Vocals
Peter Gregson   Primary Artist,Cello
Max Cooper   Primary Artist,Drums,Synthesizer
Bambounou   Primary Artist
Nataly Dawn   Primary Artist,Vocals
Biscits   Primary Artist
Felsmann + Tiley   Primary Artist
Planningtorock   Primary Artist,Strings,Percussion,Synthesizer,Drums
Anfisa Letyago   Primary Artist
Phillip Sollmann   Synthesizer
The Samples   Choir/Chorus,Vocals (Background)
Alex Acuna   Percussion
Budapest Art Orchestra   Orchestra
Tripp Beam   Drums
Laura Dawn   Vocals (Background)
Jonathan Nesvadba   Vocals (Background)
Joel Nesvadba   Vocals (Background)
Dominic Felsmann   Synthesizer
Charles Goodan   Vocals (Background)
Jason White   Conductor,Choir Conductor
Joseph Trapanese   Conductor
Jan Miserre   Organ (Hammond)
Patrick Tiley   Synthesizer
Daron Murphy   Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Planningtorock   Producer,Recording,Programming,Vocal Producer,Mixing
Phillip Sollmann   Producer,Programming,Drum Programming
Maria Taylor   Composer
Topic   Producer,Programming
Lewis Rainsbury   Executive Producer
Zino Mikorey   Mastering Engineer
Mathame   Producer,Programming,Bass Programming,Drum Programming,Mastering Engineer
Moby   Vocal Programming,Composer,Producer,Recording,Vocal Engineer,Vocal Producer,Musical Producer
David Bowie   Composer
Alan Lomax   Composer
Brian Eno   Composer
Alan Meyerson   Mixing
Oliver Kreyssig   Creative Producer
Sascha Buehren   Mastering Engineer
Christian Loeffler   Producer,Programming
Anfisa Letyago   Producer,Programming
Anush Alimirzaie   A&R
Angelo Badalamenti   Composer
Vera Hall   Composer
Orenda Fink   Composer
Jonathan Nesvadba   Recording,Vocal Engineer
Kevin Grainger   Mastering Engineer
Dominic Felsmann   Programming
Goetz Michael Rieth   Mastering Engineer
Peter Gregson   Producer,Programming
Cass Irvine   Mastering Engineer
Max Cooper   Producer,Programming
Christian Badzura   Executive Producer
Joseph Trapanese   Producer,Vocal Producer
Bambounou   Producer,Programming
Biscits   Producer,Programming
Felsmann + Tiley   Producer
Daniel Gonzalez Moya   Coordination
Patrick Tiley   Programming
Jordan Marks   Artwork
Lina Matschinko   Coordination
Nicole Maurer   A&R