Undesignated remixes is an expansive project containing 12 remixes of tracks from dgoHn’s iconic 2020 full-length by some choice artists from in and around the Love Love sphere. Remixes that take dgoHn’s unique razor-sharp original productions and send them through a loop and round the twist, some stripped down, some messed up, most but not all maintaining the speedier tempos that dgoHn likes to work around. The result is a collection of seriously futuristic electronic music with some stylistic leanings towards labels like braindance or drumfunk or jungle but completely genre-eluding as a whole, reshaped from the minerals of the original LP by some absolute dons of their craft.
Opening the album Equinox does a fantastic job highlighting the lushness of ‘Puppet’ layering sky-high sunshine pads before sliding into Meat Beat Manifesto’s heavy sci-fi acid dub version of ‘Daisy Takes Two’. A woozy remix of ‘Lucky Gonk’ by Macc & dgoHn marks the first new material from them as a duo since ’09 and Wisp also makes a rare appearance bringing his inimitable post-rephlexian vibes on an agonisingly wonderful, melody-heavy remix of 'Electryon'. Skee Mask’s choice of remixing ‘Robin’s Windmill’ turns the original into a bundle of writhing rhythms organically unfolding with swelling ambient tones. Homegrown heroes Rognvald & Scrase both opt for pumped up post-breakcore in unconventional time signatures while Djrum emphatically provides the LP’s dose of peak jungle choppage, tempering the drum breaks of ‘Ninnyhammer’ with a blistering amen. Also featured on the LP are crisp and beefy drum workouts courtesy of Coco Bryce and Forest Drive West, visceral and apocalyptic half-time bass from Activia Benz affiliated duo Quavis and virtuosic noir-jazz tearout from fellow East-Anglian Carl Brown.
A1 | Puppet (Equinox Remix) |
A2 | Daisy Takes Two (Meat Beat Manifesto Dub Selection Remix) |
B1 | Stachybotrys (Coco Bryce Rework) |
B2 | Lucky Gonk (Macc & dgoHn Remix) |
C1 | Electryon (Wisp Remix) |
C2 | Lucky Gonk (Forest Drive West Remix) |
D1 | Turnips Are OK (Rognvald Remix) |
D2 | Conty (Scrase Remix) |
E1 | Ninnyhammer (Djrum Remix) |
E2 | Robin's Windmill (Skee Mask Remix) |
F1 | AF0156984 (Quavis Remix) |
F2 | Invisible Sandwich (Carl Brown's Pea & Mint Mix) |