Savagely minimal stuff from the rephrasing, repitching, redrafting and realigning hands of Matt Edwards aka Radio Slave. Not the first Misch Masch collection, of course, first we had a bunch of stuff reheated by Tiefschwarz and then we had something reserved by the Freeform Five. Oh, and DJ Hell got in on the act too. But strangely enough, this might just be the most eclectic and surprising mixcake of them all.
First coming to prominence for his unpredictable and absorbing mash celebration of Kylie’s ‘Can’t Get You Out Of My Head’ (rubbing it up and against New Order’s ‘Blue Monday’ – you know, THAT one!) Matt has hardly been short of invites, and on this largely classy little 2-CD bundle you can find out exactly what he’s been up to: remixes of Pet Shops Boy’s ‘Minimal’, X-Press2’s ‘Kill 100’, Moby’s ‘New York New York’ and Jemelia’s ‘Beware Of The Dog’. The more interesting stuff, however, lies on CD1, a fairly unpretentious and unostentatious mix of lightly industrial (and krautish) electronica that includes tracks from Copenhagen’s Trentemoller, Mocky, Shakleton, Rufuss and Bookashade. Occasionally jazzy, occasionally progressive but insidiously rad. Misch Masch IV. Not bad at all.