Remix Compilations

This page is intended to list John Peel's radio plays from compilation albums of remixes, featuring various artists and/or various remixers, focused on electronic dance music. It therefore excludes 12" singles or EPs of such material, as well as "dub" reggae collections (see Reggae Compilations).

Also excluded are "mashup" releases, with a single producer or mixer combining tracks by two artists (eg, the 'Grey Album' of Danger Mouse, with vocals from Jay-Z's 'Black Album' added to music from the Beatles' 'White Album').

Remix Albums[]

A remix album is an album consisting of remixes or rerecorded versions of an artist's earlier released material. 'Aerial Pandemonium Ballet' (1971) by Harry Nilsson is credited as the first remix album.[1] It was released after the successes of 'Everybody's Talkin' and 'The Point!', when he decided that his older material had started to sound dated. Neu!'s 'Neu! 2' (1973) has also been described as "in effect the first remix album", as many tracks see the duo "speed up, slow down, cut, doctor, and mutilate the material, sometimes beyond recognition".[2]

In the 1980s, record companies would combine several kinds of electronic dance music, such as dance-pop, house, techno, trance, drum and bass, dubstep, hardstyle, and trap into full-length albums, creating a relatively low-overhead addition to the catalogs and balance sheets.[3] Soft Cell's 'Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing' (1982) and The League Unlimited Orchestra's 'Love and Dancing' (1982) are credited for inventing the modern remix album.[4] Since this time, this kind of release is not only seen as an easy cash-in for an artist and their label, but also as an opportunity to provide a second lease of life for a record. In reggae music, it is not uncommon for a whole album to be remixed in a dub style.

(Read more at Wikipedia.)

Links To Peel[]

Peel was an avid fan of dub reggae, including from favourite masters of the mixing desk such as Lee Perry and King Tubby, and also gave airtime to the proto-remix LP 'Neu! 2' on release in 1973 as well as the XTC "dub" release 'Go+' (1978) and similar extended 12" versions of rock tracks. According to currently available playlists on this site, however, the pioneering "dance" remix albums mentioned above by session bands Soft Cell and Human League seem to have been ignored by him. The DJ appears to have started regularly featuring distinctive flagged "remixes" on his shows only with the rise of bands such as New Order, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, KLF and The Orb.

Later, however, the musical evolution of Peel's shows saw the DJ play numerous remixes, including radical "indie-dance" reworkings by Andrew Weatherall and others, largely from 12" singles but also the Massive Attack v Mad Professor remix LP 'No Protection' (1995), plus compilation albums of such material. Like cover versions, remixes could add fresh twists to familiar songs by breaking genre boundaries, which may have appealed to the DJ, although the results sometimes failed to find favour with traditionalists: a 1997 CD of Can remixes played by JP was given the knowing title "Sacrilege". In 2003, session artist Aphex Twin released a collection called '26 Mixes For Cash'.

Plays[]

(Plays by Peel of remix compilation albums, in order of first play.)

(LP - Deepak Kumar Khazanchi Presents Remixes Of Heera, Kalapreet, Holle Holle – Bhangra Fever (Compilation Vol. 1)) Arisha

20 July 1987: Holle Holle: Ishkan De Mamle Chal Pind Nu Chaliye
August (No. 2) 1987 (BBC World Service): Holle Holle: Ishkan De Mamle / Chal Pind Nu Chaliye
18 August 1987: Holle Holle: Holle Holle (Deepak & Peter Ware Remix)
25 August 1987: Kalapreet: Gidhe Vich Nachdi De
02 September 1987: Kalapreet: Ni Mud Mud Rahi Vekh De
04 September 1987 (Radio Bremen): Kalapreet: Gidhe Vich Nachdi De
09 September 1987: Holle Holle: Holle Holle

(LP - Bhangra Top 10 - Non-Stop Remix Vol. 1) Star

05 February 1990: Golden Star: Kurri Naram Jayee
06 February 1990: Anaamika: Teri Meri
07 February 1990: Balbir Singh and Dalbir Singh: Balle Balle
08 February 1990: Akash: Laal Kurti
13 February 1990: New Pardesi Music Machine: Pardesi Pind Wich
14 February 1990: Ashoka: Garje Wee Shankan
20 February 1990: Dilshad Akhtar: Kala Kagra Soof Da

(2xLP- Global Sweatbox Remix Album) Nation

03 July 1993: Tribal Drift: Like This (S1000 Remix)
10 July 1993 (BFBS): Pulse 8: Radio Morocco (Youth Remix)
17 July 1993: Tribal Drift: Like This
06 August 1993: Tribal Drift: Like This (S1000 Remix)

(LP, CD - Orb: Aubrey Mixes: The Ultraworld Excursions) Big World

01 December 1991: Little Fluffy Clouds (collection deleted on day of release: "today")
06 December 1991 (BFBS): Little Fluffy Clouds

(CD - Afreuroparemixes And More - A Different View) (MFS)

28 October 1995 (BFBS): Mijk Van Dijk presents Microglobe: Home (Positive Thinking Remix)

(CD- Rootsman: International Language Of Dub: The Rootsman Remixed) Third Eye Music

05 January 1996: Rootsman: Mektoub (Book Of Life Remix)
06 January 1996: Rootsman: Rougher Than A Lion (Persian Lion Mix)
13 January 1996 (BFBS): Rootsman: Mektoub (Book Of Life Mix)
20 January 1996 (BBC World Service): Rootsman: Mektoub (Book Of Life Mix)

Can_-_Spoon_(Sonic_Youth_mix) — Can - Spoon (Sonic Youth mix)

(3xLP - Can: Sacrilege) Spoon

10 April 1997: Can: ...And More (Westbam Remix)
16 April 1997: Can: Spoon (Sonic Youth Mix)
22 April 1997: Can: Blue Bag (Inside Paper) (Toroid Mix)

(2xLP, CD - Einstürzende Neubauten: Ende Neu Remixes) Mute

19 August 1997: Einstürzende Neubauten: Was Ist Ist (Kreidler Rix)
20 August 1997: Einstürzende Neubauten: Ende Neu (Panacea Remix)
27 August 1997: Einstürzende Neubauten: Ende Neu (Jon Spencer remix)

(CD - Gary Numan: Random (02) - Mixes Of Gary Numan) Beggars Banquet

25 September 1997: Gary Numan: Metal (Robert Armani remix)

(CD - Hellspawn (Extreme Metal Meets Extreme Techno)) Earache

May 1998 (BBC World Service): Napalm Death vs Delta 9: Breed To Breathe
21 May 1998: Morbid Angel Vs The Berserker: Day Of Suffering
26 May 1998: Napalm Death v Delta 9: Breed To Breathe
27 May 1998: Dub War vs Panacea: Strike It
03 June 1998: Ultraviolence vs Hellsau: Strangled
09 June 1998: Brutal Truth Vs Freak: Regression Progression

(2xLP, CD - Mogwai: Kicking A Dead Pig - Mogwai Songs Remixed) Eye Q

24 March 1998: Mogwai: Summer (Klute's Weird Winter Mix)
02 April 1998: Mogwai: Summer (Klute's Weird Winter Mix)

(CD - Chinese Whispers) Sprawl Imprint

09 September 1998: Sons Of Silence: "Agent XX" Mix
10 September 1998: Ultramarine: Ultramarine Mix
15 September 1998: Mike Paradinas: "Unbutton My Coat" Mix
16 September 1998: Freeform: "Chiny Biskers" Mix
20 September 1998 (BFBS): Stereolab: Stereolab Mix
22 September 1998: Slang: Slang Mix
23 September 1998: Bedouin Ascent: Bedouin Ascent Mix
24 September 1998: Si Begg: "Kojak" Mix
29 September 1998: Subtropic: "Tanje" Mix
30 September 1998: T Power: “A Hamster Is Not Just For Life” Mix
01 October 1998: Stereolab: Stereolab Mix

Music_for_18_Musicians_(Coldcut_Remix) — Music for 18 Musicians (Coldcut Remix)

(CD - Reich Remixed) Nonesuch

January 1999 (FSK): Steve Reich: Music For 18 Musicians (Coldcut Remix)
20 January 1999: Steve Reich: Music For 18 Musicians (Coldcut (12 inch,
03 March 1999: Steve Reich: The Desert Music (FreQ. Nasty & B.L.I.M. remix)
18 March 1999: Steve Reich: Eight Lines (Howie B Remix)
07 April 1999: Steve Reich: Piano Phase (D*Note's Phased & Konfused Mix)

(v/a 4xLP / 2xCD - Warp 10+3 Remixes) Warp

09 November 1999: Boards Of Canada: Kid For Today (remixed by Stereolab)
10 November 1999: Seefeel: When Face Was Face (ISAN remix)
11 November 1999: Autechre: Vletrmx (Plaid remix)
16 November 1999: LFO: Nurture (Surgeon remix)
17 November 1999 (BBC World Service): Boards Of Canada: Kid For Today (remixed by Stereolab)
18 November 1999: Autechre: EP7 / Envane (Bogdan Raczynski remix)
24 November 1999 (BBC World Service): Autechre: EP7/Envane (Waiting For You Amidst The Mist Of Cars, Signalling You Do Not Stop For Me)
02 December 1999: Tricky Disco: Tricky Disco (Plone remix)

(2xCD - New Order: The Rest Of New Order) London

20 January 2000: Blue Monday 95 (Hawtin Mix)

(CD / 2xLP - Constructions: Sofa Surfers Remixed And Dubbed) Klein

08 June 2000 (Radio Eins): Sofa Surfers: Beans And Rice (remixed by Mad Professor)
15 June 2000: Sofa Surfers: Beans & Rice (Mad Professor Remix 3)

(v/a CD - Chihuahuas And Chinese Noodles) 555

10 August 2000: Steward: This Land Is Nervous (Cex remix)
17 August 2000: Amy Linton: Hipsters, Scenesters, Teenstars And Fakers (remixed by Kid 606)

(CD - Faust: Freispiel) Klangbad

18 April 2002: Faust: DIG (Kreidler remix)
27 June 2002 (Radio Eins): Faust: T-Electronique (Rmx. Matthias Schaffhauser)

(CD - Freeform: Audiotourism: Vietnam And China. 1 x Reinterpretations CD. 1 x Sources CD) Quatermass

31 October 2002 (Radio Eins): Freeform: We Made You, We Can Destroy You (Shudo remix)
06 November 2002: Freeform: We Made You, We Can Destroy You (Shudo remix)
December 2002 (FSK): Freeform: We Made You, We Can Destroy You (Shudo remix)

(CD - Aphex Twin: 26 Mixes For Cash) Warp