Oceanic Remixes Reinterpretations

Isis – Oceanic Remixes / Reinterpretations » Soundfarmer

Right, so Amer mentioned this thing he has for remix albums in an earlier post . Something about how he loves them more than any other style of album and that they are the best thing that has ever happened to music, and Trent Reznor is a remix...  With that said, this is the best remix album, and a double album at that, which presents such musical deities as Mike Patton, remixing Isis. I think a remix album is about exploring and interpreting the sounds created for a prior album and producing a deeper or different understanding of it’s intention. So that fact that you offer an ISIS REMIX ALBUM, of all possible albums, as a counter-argument, leaves me with a blank mind. Well I’m not sure I’d go as far as Amer, but he made me curious enough to think about any remix albums that I was impressed by. Most frequent visitors here will have picked up on my disturbing love for Isis. I’m not sure how true a definition that is, but for me, this double album made me think about remixes a little differently. Going back to my original quest, I started thinking about what a remix album should be. Wikipedia gave a pretty disheartening explanation and a far worse list of examples. Remixing fucking OCEANIC. His own vision of it. I don’t know, I’ll have to see it. Since you think this is really good, only thing left is to hear it, and God help me, because I love Oceanic. The thing I have against remixing whole albums is the idea of disrespecting its original purpose. You don’t re-paint the Mona Lisa, or rewrite Crime and Punishment, you DON’T remix The Downward Spiral, but, ok, music is a different beast. It’s also thankfully at arms length from what most people expect from a remix. Do I have to care about what Mike Patton THINKS Oceanic is about. I think they have a very deep approach to music, and they’re one of the best modern examples of what can be achieved in rock music. I truly, truly love that band, and I find them so good that I have a really hard time ranking their albums –well, most of them. I agree to some extent to the reinterpretation thing, trying different stuff, but at least from the SAME artist. Like a true mental fan I’ve tried to introduce Isis to everyone I know, and can’t think of one person that has seen the light (darkness.