Billie Holiday / Remixed & Reimagined : : .

Artist: Billie Holiday
Title: Remixed & Reimagined
Released: Nov. 2007
Format: Unmixed Audio CD
Label: Sony Legacy
Genre: Trip Hop, Lo-Fi, Nu Jazz


BILLIE HOLIDAY / REMIXED & REIMAGINED

Remix collections generally either treat the source material as a jumping-off point for wild, barely relevant improvisations, or they present the songs more or less as they've always been, with maybe a new beat and some synthesizer accents. The Billie Holiday remix project Remixed & Reimagined splits the difference. Swingsett & Takuya's album-opening version of "I Hear Music" sets the tone, sounding like an entirely new pop-jazz workout, with Holiday's vocals merely floating through, almost like a sample.
The majority of R&R's tracks pull Holiday's recordings apart and interject them into reasonably effective Lounge/electronic music, like a distant transmission causing interference. Nothing here sounds as natural or as heartfelt as Holiday's best work, though it's all—conceptually at least—"cool."

Tracklist:

01. I Hear Music (Swingsett & Takuya's Mighty Fine Remix)
02. More Than You Know (Jazzeem's Throwback Remix)
03. Spreadin' Rhythm Around (King of Lady Bug vs. Lady Day RR Remix)
04. Long Gone Blues (GXR Remix)
05. Trav'lin' All Alone (Nickodemus & Zeb Remix)
06. Ha Ain't Got Rhythm (Poppyseed Remix)
07. Summertime (Organica Remix)
08. I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (And Throw Away the Key) (Madison Park Remix)
09. Glad to Be Unhappy (DJ Logic Remix)
10. Billie's Blues (Daniel y Remix)
11. You're So Desirable (Sunday People Remix)
12. Pennies from Heaven (Count de Money Remix)
13. But Beautiful (Tony Humphries THP Remix)
14. All of Me (Charles Feelgood & Gil Remix)

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