Mask 500, by Various Artists (Hell Interface, Gescom, Chaos AD.) (12″ on SKAM)
Originally released in 1999 (and worth a few pennies if you have one of the 500 originals)- this brilliant 12″ has just become available again as a bootleg repressing, courtesy of those football cheating French types.
The vinyl features remixes & mash-ups by Squarepusher, Autechre, Boards of Canada & others (all under aliases) of 1980′s electro, pop, soul, funk and hip-hop.
The full press release states:
Limited reissue of this SKAM 10 track remix LP done in an IDM style (circa 1999). HELL INTERFACE (BOARDS OF CANADA) remix MIDNIGHT STAR’s “MIDAS TOUCH”, HAKAN LIBDO remixes DAVID BOWIE’s “ASHES TO ASHES”, GESCOM (AUTECHRE) remix BDP, CHAOS D (SQUAREPUSHER) remixes VAN HALEN’s “JUMP” and more.
The full tracklist is as follows:
a1 – Unknown – Untitled (D Breeze remix)
a2 – Yazoo – Midnight (Post remix)
a3 – Duran Duran – Save A Prayer (Anodyne remix)
a4 – Van Halen – Augustus Pablo – Jump (Chaos A.D. remix)
a5 – Shannon – Give Me Tonight (Sonic Beat Aliance remix)
b1 – Unknown – Untitled (Jacobean remix)
b2 – David Bowie – Ashes To Ashes (H_kan Lidbo remix)
b3 – Midnight Star – The Midas Touch (Hell Interface remix)
b4 – Man Parrish – Boogie Down Bronx (Gescom remix)
b5 – Boogie Down Productions – And Now A Word From Our Sponsor (Sonic Beat Alliance remix)
Who knows how long this will be available for, so grab it while you can.
Hell Interface (Boards of Canada) remix of Midnight Star’s “Midas Touch”
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((and just for laughs- here’s the original- Midnight Star- Midas Touch))
