Soulwax - Remixes

September 21, 2007

Soulwax return with a compendium of their genre defining and dancefloor destroying reworkings of other peoples songs on Parlophone on 22/10/07. Here you will find (and this is also the full title of the album)…

“Most Of the remixes we’ve made over the years except for the one for Einsturzende Neubauten because we lost it and a few we didn’t think sounded good enough or just didn’t fit in length-wise. But including some that are hard to find because either people forgot about them or just simply because they haven’t been released yet. A few we really love. One we think is just OK. Some we did for free. Some we did for money. Some just for ourselves without permission and some for friends as swaps but never on time and always at our studio in Ghent.”

Soulwax is Brothers David & Stephen Dewaele, Stefaan Van Leuven & Steve Slingeneyer - four Belgians who many years ago inspired by the heavy stoner rock of bands like Kyuss & Masters Of Reality, formed a band. Over a decade and several albums later they have evolved into one of the world’s most pioneering cross-musical forces, albeit confusing a few people and pundits along the way. The Dewaele brothers also DJ a bit on the side under the name 2ManyDJs. Spawned from their days of post gig partying to avoid boredom on tour they have quickly become one of the worlds most respected and requested bookings at clubs, parties and festivals around the world.

Why? Aside from the fact that their massively influential mix album ‘As Heard On Radio Soulwax Pt 2’ has sold in excess of 400,000 copies and that post 2manyDJs club-land is an all together more eclectic and wildly more fun place to be thanks to Soulwax, One of the major reasons is in the remixes you are about to hear!!!… Despite the massive differences between acts like The Gossip, Klaxons & LCD Soundsystem and mainstream pop acts like Kylie, Robbie Williams and Sugababes, Soulwax have a knack of taking an original and transporting it to an altogether more euphoric and often darker place.

Many of these were created specifically to bring havoc to the dancefloor during 2manyDJs sets, as well as those of their friends and peers from around the world like Tiga, Erol Alkan, Justice and all those who have welcomed these mixes into their world. And it doesn’t just stop there; Inspired by the Human League’s ‘Love & Dancing’ remix album, Soulwax remixed their entire last studio album ‘Any Minute Now’ as the acclaimed ‘Nite Versions’ album in 2005 which spawned several massive club anthems in its own right and was later fully replicated live to magnificent effect. The NME even referred to it as “a muscular, Glamorous record that perfectly encapsulates the excitement of modern underground clubbing.”

They have also helped redefine clubland in many other ways, often labelled (much to their ultimate embarrassment) as godfathers of the likes of bastard pop, mash-up, electro-house and even more recently nu-rave because they have flown the flag for eclecticism without fear. Back in 98/99 playing rock records in house clubs was more than just frowned upon- it could get you bottled; nowadays there is a more defined happy medium between pounding techno, disco, pop and even heavy rock.

Over the past three years Soulwax has curated, organised and toured the world with their own Radio Soulwax parties; Nights specifically organised and programmed to bring their friends and like minded acts/DJs like Vitalic, Headman, Klaxons, Who Made Who, Simian Mobile Disco, Tiga, Erol, Justice amongst others together to huge sellout crowds across in every corner of the globe. It allowed them to experiment live and was the platform for their ‘Nite Versions’ live incarnation to be unleashed on the the public. The Radio Soulwax phenomenon and the chaos around it is also the subject of a full-length film ‘Part Of The Weekend Never Dies’ to be released later this year.

As with ‘Nite Versions’, Soulwax will be putting together and performing the Remixes exclusively LIVE at a series of special Radio Soulwax events to be announced shortly alongside 2manyDJs and supporting line-up of artists/DJs.

Soulwax make amazing mixes that transport people and songs to a new place. We hope you like them. They have also donned their 2manyDJs hat to create a mix of them for you to listen to or lose your shit to in the privacy of your own home, shop or party on disc two. Keep an eager ear out and you will hear stuff that isn’t on the first CD.

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