Saturday 26 January 2013

electric indigo & irradiation - phytoplankton (jennifer cardini remix)

when i first heard this one was through "ström", a radioshow on swedish national radio hosted by hanna kihlander, andreas tilliander, håkan lidbo & mats almegård. when interviewing cardini it was used in the background but also given some play and i liked it quite a bit. cardini is always more of a prolific dj than a producer but she knows how to turn them out and for this one she got the bass down proper.

the original by susanne "electric indigo" kirchmayr & temp records labelowner patricia "irridation" enigl is quite nice but i think the remixes in this package was much better in execution and sound, done by cardini as mentioned but also from italian producer rosamaria "rossella" melchionda and russian producer dasha ptitsyna van celst aka dasha rush. from rossella there is a dubby workout with vicious bass womps and great play of samples. dasha rush does more of tightening up with the track but removes the melody and focuses completely on the bass.

given that the original is also quite bassheavy but i think cardini's revamping makes of a better track. the melodic sequence that the original is built around is put into better context and with the accenting string-hits and reverbed pads surrounding it. cardini took the tempo down a bit from kirchmayr & enigl's original and also added a lowkey speech about something scientific that works with the title of the track. in general all of the versions of "phytoplankton" is quite proper and has their use in sets but i think cardini's rendition work the best.

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