Quicklet On Thomas Friedman's The Lexus and the Olive Tree

by Scott Charles

Overview

A couple of years after the release of Zion Train's eighth album, Original Sounds of the Zion, came this collection of remixes of selected tracks by such dub and {|dance|} luminaries as {|Rob Smith|}, {|Twilight Circus|} (aka {|Legendary Pink Dots|} bassist {|Ryan Moore|}), and {|Transglobal Underground|}. The original album's stylistic variety is preserved and even improved upon here. {|Moore|} takes {|"Hailing Up the Selector"|} into {|roots|}-{|dub|} territory that is even deeper and darker than that explored in the original version; {|Balafonic|} turns {|"Do You See Love?,"|} which had been a rather ho-hum piece of trancey club music on the first album, and turns it into a light but rich {|house|} workout; {|Speedwell|} imparts a subtly Brazilian flavor to a nimbly bouncing mix of {|"Beautiful Children."|} There are no fewer than four remixes of {|"Love Revolutionary"|} on offer here, of which {|Pier Paolo Polcari|}'s takes the prize by beefing up its underlying {|pop|}-{|funk|} structure and turning it into a brilliant piece of cross-genre musical celebration (though {|LBJ|} and {|Bommitommi|}'s richly polyrhythmic mix comes in a close second). Overall, this disc makes an excellent companion to the original album. ~ Rick Anderson

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014049832
Publisher:	Hyperink
Publication date:	02/10/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	740,129
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Scott Charles has over a decade's worth of experience as a research analyst. Scott spent 11 years at a Fortune 500 company providing research and analytical services to marketing teams, product managers, R&D staff, and executives. His specialty is doing comprehensive deep dives to support ideation processes, identifying business opportunities, market analysis and business development.