Posted by Budgie at July 26, 2005 01:13 AM

As Pet Benatar once sang, "Hit me with your best shot..."

Circular Firing Squad Revisited.

If you had read the "What You Sold Me" post from last week then you'll know about Jimmy The Flid sending out custom samples to various producers. If not, then I'll wait for you while you read it here...

Finished? Good.

The Flid had sent the files to HoC's Sie, but he was too busy to do anything with them. After hearing the results of the remixes of "Circular Firing Squad" on the "What You Sold Me" EP. Sie then decided to make some time and return to them.

Those of you that are aware of Sie's attention to detail and production skills will, like me, be glad that he did...

Track : JIMMY THE FLID vs THE BEEKEEPER - "CIRCULAR FIRING SQUAD Ver.2"

I could wax lyrical about this remix, the first under Sie's "The Beekeeper" moniker, but I won't. I want it to blow you away the same way it did to me, as it's not Sie's usual style...

I will say this though, if you're aware of the Future Sound Of London's stuff circa "Lifeforms" and their Amorphous Androgynous period then you're off on the right foot. Take that complex, layered, shifting, beat laden and atmospheric sound that they made during the early to mid 90's and imagine it updated a good ten years later and you are there.

Is that praise enough? Too right it is. It is that good.

Proof, yet again, that Sie has the skills no matter what genre of dance music he turns his hand too.

Shame this was too late for Jimmy's "What You Sold Me" EP. He'll be kicking himself...

Feel free to leave a comment about this track in The Pipe section of the forum

Ta,
Budgie