Björk – Alarm Call

For me the Bjeck mix is out there with the Motorbass and Funkstorung remixes of Björk... and with Blur's mix of Massive Attack's Angel. Harpsichord vs. sitar for a start... and as a previous reviewer pointed out, it has humour, which is a difficult thing to carry off compositionally.

Alarm Call (Bjeck Mix) 6:26 at the end last 30 seconds is cumbia, I think from Peru. Maybe even Colombia.

IMHO, the previous reviewer is totally wrong :) The Mark Bell remixes are nice but he did not put much effort to them, really, half of them sound just like clones of one lazy, although pretty enjoyable remix. Benjamin Diamond remixes are just House as rakimou rightfully pointed ;). But this 12" contains three of the best experimental and incredibly funny remixes of Alarm Call. Yep, you have read it right, they are really funny and surprisingly experimental. Bjeck melody jumps and Matmos vocal therapy are amazingly shocking and enjoyable.

The Beck remix is just an ugly track, I don't understand the point of it, it has no interest. The music doesn't even goes well with the vocals, as if wasn't tuned! The very end of the song (30 seconds) is good, at least funny, with a Hawaiian or tropical feel music.

The Matmos mixes are difficult to listen to, not very enjoyable but have good parts. Especially when vocals are cut sharply to make new melodies or new words. It's funny and prove some good technique from those guys, but sometimes it also some very good music.

Overall, it's certainly not the best remixes of the great track that is Alarm Call. Listen to the Mark Bell Potage du jour, locked... or to the House mixes by Benjamin Diamond, they're much better, the radio mix is the best.