here comes another one from the cratedigging session i did with my mates jan henrik & mikael. i found the cd and since it was on electric melt i knew was some jazz album and that they had people do reworks of. the original is a nice record with heavyweights such as herbie hancock on keyboads, stanley clarke on bass and of course airto on drums & percussion.
now most of the remix album is either straight up dancefloor material or hones more to the original and the latter is where you find amon tobin's remix. tobin who in regular modus operandi does sample jazz and cut it up, does what he does best on this one. only difference is that with the original multitracks you get the full potential of the messed up version of drum & bass that he works.
the original "chicken in the mind" revolves around this piano who plays regular motifs along with glissandos and arpeggios and while it's very scattering in tone, it's the grounding part of the track. the drums stay in the background and plays rhythms that doesn't make sense, even when it mostly reacting to the piano.
tobin translates "chicken of the mind" to the faster drum & bass pace that he operates under but switches the roles where the piano is the accompanying role. the rhythm section is the key and i like the way he brings out the bass that is tucked away in the original. he keeps the quirky but frantic atmosphere of the original and it's the perfect type of music to listen to when out walking at night.
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