A1
Mandy - "Jah" (Jona remix)
B1
Chelonis Jones - "Deer In The Headlights" (Troy Pierce's Don't Look At Me Like That remix)
B2
Booka Shade - "Mandarine Girl" (Konrad Troy Heartthrob remix)
Label: Get Physical Music
Catalog#: GPM 042-6
Format: 12″
Country: Germany
Released: 09 Mar 2006
Genre:Minimal/Tech House
Accompanying the get physical compilation that collects some of the label’s recent highlights and forthcoming releases is this first sampler remix ep, which recruits some of the most promising producers from both sides of the atlantic as remixers. new school italo producer francisco got to grips with m.a.n.d.y.’s ‘jah’ on the compilation, turning it into a dramatic, pulsing groove, and now it’s the turn of belgian newcomer jonathan to rework the track. like his recent ‘the learnings’ release on the label, he fuses the hissing textures and skeletal percussion of minimalism with the tight claps and swinging groove of chicago house and, when the hypnotic, trancey riffs kick in, it’s a moment tailored to get a thousand pairs of hands raised, pointing to heaven in euphoria. american producer in berlin troy pierce’s remix of chelonis r. jones’ ‘deer in the headlight’ features on the compilation, but here it is in all its unmixed glory. as an ominously dark bass unfolds to reveal shards of splintered metallic percussion, jones’ vocals are transformed from his trademark nasal falsetto to a half-heard droning robotic chant…
