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hEADaCHE
Fully Automated: The hEADaCHE Re:Mixes
Posted: Friday, March 24, 2006
By: Matt Jones
By: Matt Jones
Finally, an album of remixes done by someone who knows how to remix properly. Songs by artists such as Diverje, Collide, and Croc Shop all get the special treatment here.
Just in case you're a little bit confused, hEADaCHE is from the Detroit/Chicago-based electronic act CEOXiME, so don't worry, this isn't an album full of remixes by a guy who has no validity whatsoever. In fact, this album is the home to some of the best remixes I've heard in a long time. Finally, someone comes along who knows how to properly handle a remix! It's about damn time too, because the scene is flooded with bullshit remixes that never should have existed in the first place. Why this trend took off and was never promptly smacked right back down is beyond my comprehension. Fortunately, there are people like hEADaCHE out there who know what the hell they're doing.
Fully Automated is a "best of" collection of sorts, for it holds 15 tracks of hEADaCHE's favorite remixes that he's done. This is a collection of previously released remixes, alternate versions of remixes, and future previews of soon-to-be-released-again remixes by hEADaCHE. There are remixes of songs done by the likes of Collide, Hypoid, Diverje, Croc Shop, and Noxious Emotion to name a few. Most of these remixes are done wonderfully, for there are very few uninspired tracks on this release.
The best remixes on this album are the tracks originally created by Collide, Hypoid, Diverje, and Bottomfeeder. The Collide track is a very mellow, ambient-like trance breakdown with female vocals that leave you feeling very mellow and warm inside. The Hypoid remix follows that up with another mellow, yet emotionally charged track that will make you bob your head along with the simple beats. There are two Diverje remixes on this album, both of which are amazing and truly show how hEADaCHE was able to take existing songs and completely rewrite them in his own image. The Bottomfeeder remix is the heaviest track on the album, which features a steady mix of industrial and techno beats which make for a very enjoyable listen.
There are only a few remixes on this album which seem sub-par, and those would be the tracks originally done by Noxious Emotion, Function13, and Things Outside the Skin. These aren't awful remixes by any means, but they are the most boring tracks on the album. With the exception of the Noxious Emotion remix, these songs are very monotone and bland. They should not have been put on the album. The Noxious Emotion remix is fine, but seeing how it was hEADaCHE's very first remix that he'd ever done, you can sense that his skills were not quite perfected at the time of its creation. This track is good for nostalgic purposes, and that is the only thing that gives it a place on Fully Automated.
hEADaCHE's main band, CEOXiME, have an exclusive track on this release, which is a cover of the Radiohead song, "Exit Music (For a Film)." This song is the final track on the release and is not a remix, but it fits in perfectly with the rest of the album. It's a simplistic version of a simple song, but done with great sensibility, and this cover does justice to the original.
The press release that came with this CD has a quote from hEADaCHE which ultimately explains this album better than what anybody else could say about it. hEADaCHE simply states, "I'll tell you what this album is not - it's not another half-assed attempt at futurepop club anthems. It's not 'on the forefront' of the industrial or futurepop trend. And it's not just throwing four-on-the-floor beats on top of an already existing song... And finally, it's not 'product.' It's good music I really enjoy and something I believe in." That says it all. This is a quality release of quality remixes. One would be a fool to not check this album out.
Fully Automated is a "best of" collection of sorts, for it holds 15 tracks of hEADaCHE's favorite remixes that he's done. This is a collection of previously released remixes, alternate versions of remixes, and future previews of soon-to-be-released-again remixes by hEADaCHE. There are remixes of songs done by the likes of Collide, Hypoid, Diverje, Croc Shop, and Noxious Emotion to name a few. Most of these remixes are done wonderfully, for there are very few uninspired tracks on this release.
The best remixes on this album are the tracks originally created by Collide, Hypoid, Diverje, and Bottomfeeder. The Collide track is a very mellow, ambient-like trance breakdown with female vocals that leave you feeling very mellow and warm inside. The Hypoid remix follows that up with another mellow, yet emotionally charged track that will make you bob your head along with the simple beats. There are two Diverje remixes on this album, both of which are amazing and truly show how hEADaCHE was able to take existing songs and completely rewrite them in his own image. The Bottomfeeder remix is the heaviest track on the album, which features a steady mix of industrial and techno beats which make for a very enjoyable listen.
There are only a few remixes on this album which seem sub-par, and those would be the tracks originally done by Noxious Emotion, Function13, and Things Outside the Skin. These aren't awful remixes by any means, but they are the most boring tracks on the album. With the exception of the Noxious Emotion remix, these songs are very monotone and bland. They should not have been put on the album. The Noxious Emotion remix is fine, but seeing how it was hEADaCHE's very first remix that he'd ever done, you can sense that his skills were not quite perfected at the time of its creation. This track is good for nostalgic purposes, and that is the only thing that gives it a place on Fully Automated.
hEADaCHE's main band, CEOXiME, have an exclusive track on this release, which is a cover of the Radiohead song, "Exit Music (For a Film)." This song is the final track on the release and is not a remix, but it fits in perfectly with the rest of the album. It's a simplistic version of a simple song, but done with great sensibility, and this cover does justice to the original.
The press release that came with this CD has a quote from hEADaCHE which ultimately explains this album better than what anybody else could say about it. hEADaCHE simply states, "I'll tell you what this album is not - it's not another half-assed attempt at futurepop club anthems. It's not 'on the forefront' of the industrial or futurepop trend. And it's not just throwing four-on-the-floor beats on top of an already existing song... And finally, it's not 'product.' It's good music I really enjoy and something I believe in." That says it all. This is a quality release of quality remixes. One would be a fool to not check this album out.
