Sessions [Repress]

by Carl Craig

Overview

Compiling each Carl Craig remix would be a several-disc box set undertaking. The pool from which to draw is wide and deep, from Nexus 21's 1989 track "(Still) Life Keeps Moving" through Junior Boys' Grammy-nominated "Like a Child." Hopefully just the first way of addressing this large stockpile of varied tracks, Sessions is a two-disc set mixed by Craig that focuses primarily on his remixes (of tracks by others as well as himself) while interspersing a few original mixes of his productions. Though the set reaches back to 1992 for Chez Damier's synthetic-handclap-happy "Help Myself," there's a clear emphasis on Craig's more recent activities, with well over half of the tracks dating from 2004 or later. While he hadn't quite pulled a disappearing act during the late '90s and very early 2000s -- 2002's The Workout being one of the most improperly slept-on house/techno mixes of the last several years -- he underwent something of a rebirth around 2003, releasing a string of unpredictable and high-quality productions while developing into one of the hottest remixers on the planet. Most of the big reworkings are here in original or "exclusive," meaning slightly different, form: the low-key hiss-and-ping of Junior Boys' "Like a Child," Faze Action's searing/surging "In the Trees," Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom's spiraling "Relevee." In most cases -- Theo Parrish's "Falling Up" being the one major exception -- Craig's versions outstrip the originals not just by making them more palatable to moving bodies but also by teasing out elements and supplementing them with new wrinkles to make headphone listening as stimulating as dancefloor play. Remaining vital in any field for 20 years is an achievement, but doing so while forecasting and riding the rapid developments in dance music is something else entirely. This release goes some distance -- about as far as possible in two and a half hours -- to acknowledge that notion. ~ Andy Kellman

Product Details

Release Date:	03/11/2008
Label:	!K7
UPC:	0730003722417

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Busted Trees [Carl Craig 'Sessions' Remix]
2. Like a Child [Carl Craig Remix]
3. Poor People Must Work (Carl Craig Remix)
4. Help Myself
5. Throw
6. Tides (Carl Craig "Sessions' Remix)
7. Clear and Present
8. Falling Up (Carl Craig Remix)
9. Oscililator (Original Version)
10. Angola (Carl Craig's Mix)
11. The Melody (Carl Craig Remix)
12. Revelee (Carl Craig 'Sessions' Remix)

Disc 2

13. Rushed (Original Version)
14. Pyschobeat
15. Kill 100 (Carl Craig"Sessions" Remix)
16. Demented (or Just Crazy) (Original Version)
17. In the Trees ( Unreleased Carl Craig Remix)
18. Brainfreeze (Carl Craig 'Sessions' Mix)
19. Futurelovetheme (Carl Craig 'Sessions' Mix)
20. Sandstorms (Original Version)
21. Bug In the Bass Bin (Carl Craig "Sessions" Mix)

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Carl Craig   Primary Artist
Paperclip People   Primary Artist
69   Primary Artist
Rhythm & Sound   Primary Artist
Junior Boys   Primary Artist
Cesaria Evora   Primary Artist
Faze Action   Primary Artist
Beanfield   Primary Artist
Chez Damier   Primary Artist
Innerzone Orchestra   Primary Artist
Francesco Tristano   Primary Artist
Psyche/BFC   Primary Artist
Directions   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
X-Press 2   Primary Artist
Theo Parrish   Primary Artist
Delia Gonzalez & Gavin Russom   Primary Artist
Tres Demented   Primary Artist
Gavin Russom   Primary Artist
Delia Gonzales   Primary Artist
Rob Harvey   Vocals

Technical Credits

James Murphy   Producer
Michael Mettke   Composer
Carl Craig   Re-Arranged,Remixing,Producer,Composer,Mixing,DJ,Audio Production
Simon Lee   Composer
Tim Goldsworthy   Producer
Chez Damier   Composer,Producer
Rami Khalife   Composer
Jeremy Greenspan   Composer
Delia Gonzalez   Composer
Rhythm & Sound   Composer
Gavin Russom   Composer
Rob Harvey   Composer
Joseph Patel   Liner Notes
Simon Francis   Mastering,Audio Engineer
Matt Didemus   Composer
Jan Krause   Composer
X-Press 2   Producer,Arranger
Theo Parrish   Producer,Composer