Groove Armada Album: “Remixes”

I became a fan of Groove Armada last Spring after hearing "Inside My Mind" off the Vertigo albumb in a coffee house in Amsterdam. Vertigo is a great and complete albumb. The Remixes albumb has only a hint of what makes Vertigo so great. It does have a tendency to get repetetive. Mostly there are only straight forward beats to be offered here without much to make the tracks unique. However there are a few exceptions that I really like. I recomend buying it if you already have the first two albumbs and the "Back to Mine" albumb and you still need more.

But if your looking to explore Groov Armada further and dont yet have their first albumb or "Back to Mine" get one of those first. "Back to Mine" is a great comp of music that has influenced Groove Armada from Soul to Hip Hop to House...It's a much better move then this one.

The Remixes brings Groove Armada back into the arms of their electronic contemporaries, who take tracks from Vertigo and give them different spins. "Pre 63," in the hands of Akasha, becomes a fast breaks and jazz track; both DJ Icey and DJ Dan with Terry Mullan go for club-oriented tracks; Attaboy delivers a deep and sweet house track -- another quality mix from him. Tim `Love' Lee makes "Your Song" even more blissful and dreamy, while Kinobe take "A Private Interlude" and make it public trip-hop. Finally, Elephant trumpets into "Inside My Mind (Blue Skies)" for an extended journey through chill. Altogether, a marvelous accompaniment to the original album.

What can i say...Groove Armada are renound for their chilled style, with a destinct electonica mood...However it is mainly the remixes we hear in the mainstream...Groove armada have been making remixes for a long time...and this superb album reflects the best of groove Armada. However although the songs entwine the listener into a lagoon of chilled thoughts...a couple of songs do get a bit repetative...but hey dont all remixes from time to time! I would recommend this album to any Groove Armada fan...its cheeky, its chilled and i love track 8. To buy it is to LOVE it! Have fun listening...