Refreaked
Eight tracks from Dzihan & Kamien's debut album get the subtlest of rerubs. No major missteps here, but then again neither are there any mind-blowing revolutions, with most of the remixers opting for slight changes over complete overhauls.Fauna Flashinject a little adrenaline into "Just You & I."Hefnerunfortunately steers the proceedings in the other direction with a lethargic reading of "Slowhand Hussein." Eddy & Dus keep the pop structure of "Smile" mostly intact, simply throwing in a little extra mellow percussion, while Fox 42 engage in a slightly more adventurous, trancier deconstruction of the same track. At Jazz bring "After" out of the humid confines of the R&B; club and into the vast skies of the outback.Mumare the only folks who truly get their freak on, reducing "Streets of Istanbul" to a tapestry of human groans and low bass burps. Throw in two agreeable Dzihan & Kamien tracks not available on the original record and you've got yourself almost an hour of dependable, if not definitive, downtempo.--Bob Michaels