
Like all good producers, phaseone's remixes are reinterpretations. Raekwon removed from his concrete criminology raps and placed afloat an aqueous ambient sample from Blind Man's Colour. Bon Iver's wood-cutter hymns wrapped inside El-P's apocalyptic abandoned building aesthetic. Rich Boy over some greasy synth-funk. Panda Bear given some snapping Southern-sounding drums. Slim Thug drawling over a bass-heavy beat that sounds straight out of Bristol. More than just a Girl Talk with taste, St. Louis' best producer (according to the Riverfront Times ) reflects the omniverous appetites of his generation about as well as anyone working. Raised [...]