Bloc Party : Intimacy Remixed

<img src="http://www.qromag.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/blocpartyintimacyremixed.jpg" alt=" " />Bloc Party does a full-on remix of their last, <i>Intimacy</i>. ...
7.0 Wichita
2009 

Bloc Party : Intimacy Remixed Bloc Party – An English band credited with revolutionizing the ‘alternative dance’ movement.

Intimacy – The Band’s opus album, critically acclaimed and a commercial success (QRO review).

Remix – A new or modified audio recording.

Add all three together, and you have one hell of a listening experience!

Bloc Party seem to be boldly devoted to the rather difficult endeavour of merging the guitar heavy sounds of modern post-punk and the futuristic sounds of the London rave scene.  So, in that way, a remix album is quite surely the logical conclusion to the bands earlier flirtations with electronic music.

Some critics and purists will claim that this is a simply an attempt to reuse old material for commercial gain; however let it be known that the remixes found on this album are without exception of an extremely high caliber.  From stripped-down edgy darkness, to pulsating bass lines, to almost euphoric triumph: It truly is an ideal melding of man and (drum) machine.   

It’s the complete smooth and streamlined flow of the album, a rather subtle maneuvering through a range of dance-based styles, which makes Intimacy Remixed a success.  Like most critically acclaimed dance-based albums, the over-all whole is substantially better than the individual parts.  For all its distortion, synth beats and drum-loops, the feeling that this is a Bloc Party album rarely dissipates, and the sense of utter dance-floor elation never stops growing.

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