Radio Slave - Misch Masch IV

Following Misch Masch outings from Tiefschwarz, Freeform Five and DJ Hell, it's the turn of Radio Slave to showcase his DJ and production skills. Just one of the many musical guises of the versatile Matt Edwards (he also records as Rekid, Matthew E, Quiet Village and Sea Devils), he's turned out Radio Slave's takes on artists as varied as Carl Craig and Jamelia. Continuing the now familiar Misch Masch format, the first CD features a Radio Slave mix, the second, several of his remixes. A dark and brooding affair, the mix sees Radio Slave re-rubs of Trentemǿller, Mocky and Booka Shade cosy up with tracks from Shackleton, Roman Flugel, Lan Faki amongst others, slowly working its way through stripped back rhythms and subtle snatches of melody into a steadily hypnotic groove. Elsewhere, re-works of Caged Baby, X-Press 2, Pet Shop Boys and others highlight the Radio Slave 'less is more' approach to remixing. [Colin Chapman]