If you dig this era of acid house then you’ll probably dig it. Things radically switch gears for the 2 Close To The Edge Mix, which sounds less like a remix to “Owner of a Lonely Heart” and more like an original 808 State song that has a few samples of “Owner of a Lonely Heart.” If I heard this without knowing it where it was from, I would have never guessed the source material. Most of it is original production and instrumentation that uses Anderon’s vocals and the guitar solo from the original tune as an accompaniment. It actually sounds like what I think a remix of Yes by The Orb would sound like. The Wonderous Mix is very ambient and chill. You could probably connect a zydeco artist to a breakbeat DJ within six degrees by using Trevor Horn as a connecting point.īut of course, the most important question are these remixes any good?Īnd to that I can firmly say I dunno? Kinda? I guess? Trevor Horn is the Kevin Bacon of music, and not just in terms of artists he’s worked with, but in genres he’s crossed as well. It’s funny how just one person can serve to be a connection between two acts that are so widely disparate in every way possibly imaginable. I assume that Trevor Horn, who produced this single, was responsible for getting 808 State and was able to do so because both he and 808 State were on ZTT Records at the time. Not only that, at the time 808 State were at the absolute peak of their popularity and critical acclaim, coming right off the release of the ex:el album the same year.
Two of the three remixes on this single were done by 808 State. Those last two questions are the most pressing for me. Why the hell did 808 State say yes (to Yes)? Why the hell did they recruit 808 State for this (yes really)? Why the hell didn’t they recruit The Orb for this? Was said club DJ immediately killed for such a transgression? Who are those people and what drugs were they taking?ĭid any club DJ in the world actually play these remixes for a dance audience?
What Yes fans in 1991 would be interested in dance remixes of Yes? Was this the part of a larger remix project that fell through? Who thought that the world wanted remixes of “Owner of a Lonely Heart” in 1991? Who thought the world wanted remixes of “Owner of a Lonely Heart?” It has left me with so many questions that will forever remain unanswered that I don’t even know where to begin with writing about it. These remixes are from a CD single that I found last week. Owner Of A Lonely Heart (Not Fragile Mix)Įver buy something that just leaves you confused about how the world works? Owner Of A Lonely Heart (2 Close To The Edge Mix)
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