SleepmakeswavesIt's a little bit hard to know what to expect with an album made up entirely of remixes. The trick is not to expect anything – just to listen. sleepmakeswaves have put together a rather interesting collection of remixed songs from their debut album ...And Then They Destroyed Everything, and cleverly titled it ...And Then They Remixed Everything.
No track is shorter than five minutes (save for the chiptune collaboration with Ten Thousand Free Men & Their Families, (Hello) Chip Mountain), and it wouldn't work so well otherwise. Each of the contributors have put their own unique spin on the original in such a way that there's a slight choppiness to the album, but with the nature of the album, it's suitable this way. Surprisingly, it doesn't sound like a haphazard playlist of songs; a distinct flow remains from track to track with occasional welcome disruptions from a couple of dancier numbers, such as Klue's remix of Voices In The Forest.
UK post-rock legends 65daysofstatic open the album with their remix of Our Time Is Short But Your Watch Is Slow. The original track has an innocent curiosity to it; 65daysofstatic have enhanced and intensified the curiosity in their drawn out, glitchy introduction and abandoned the innocence in their use of harsher electronic sounds.
The assortment of the artist's individual styles can at times be a bit disorientating, but it makes for an interesting listen. ...And Then They Remixed Everything is a very loaded album; there's a lot to take in, though if you'll let it, it'll have you engrossed.
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