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Kingston Wall - Freakout Remixes



Artist: Kingston Wall
Title: Freakout Remixes
Label: Zen Garden
Date: 2000

Track listing:

01. 00'17" Intro
02. 06'30" I Hear You Call (Possibly Apple Rmx)
03. 03'50" We Cannot Move (Texas Faggott Rmx)
04. 05'29" I'm Not The One (Praktika Rmx)
05. 07'09" With My Mind (Accu Rmx)
06. 07'30" Use To Feel Before (Squaremeat Rmx)
07. 06'22" Palekastro (Mukta Rmx)

Review:

Well, this was the record that I had been waiting since last winter - it's a
CD release from a Finnish techno label called Exogenic Records
(http://www.exogenic.com) that includes remixes of songs made by the late
Finnish psychedelic/progressive rock band KINGSTON WALL
(http://mirrorland.tripod.com).

OZRIC TENTACLES had their techno-remix CD, so I guess now it's rightfully
KINGSTON WALL's turn. On this album you can hear remixes of those good old
KW songs made by POSSIBLE APPLE, TEXAS FAGGOTT, PRAKTIKA, ACCU, SQUAREMEAT
and MUTKA (total of seven tracks of which the first one is 'Intro', seemingy
made by the band members theirself). Some of the remixes are excellent and
some ar not as good, or should I say, not as good when you're not on
psychedelic drugs (err), but there were in my opinion no bad tracks at all,
which was actually a suprise, since usually most remix-CD's fall down when
it comes to "keeping the whole CD in one piece".

My personal favourites were Possibly Apple's "I Hear You Call"-remix, TEXAS
FAGGOTT's _very intense_ Goa2000-rmx of "We Cannot Move" (watch out,
Hallucinogen! ) and ACCU's extremely talented groovy, even a bit funky,
mainly downtempo rmx of "With My Mind" whereas the other tracks in my
opinion sort
of "forgot" about the original songs and were mostly just psychedelic trance
than KW remixes (well, except for those few riffs and lyrics that were mixed
in).

The biggest downside to this CD, on the other hand, is it's length of only
37 minutes and it is still priced as a full-length CD. But in this case, I
must say that you should rather concentrate on the quality than on the
length. I'm a die-hard KINGSTON WALL fan myself and I just loved some of the
remix-tracks, but those who think that the the third KW album was
too experimental, should be cautious with this one. As for the rest of you,
it's pure Exogenic atmosphere all the way.. freak out!

10 points! kick ass album.

We Cannot Move ruulz, fags are the best.

Honestly, I expected more from the album. I thought it might take the hypnoticy
in KW music to a new level. On the contrary, KW III is far more hypnotic,
psychedelic and it's even more trance than this one. And being so, why there
is no KW III remixes?
As pyg-mies I liked the Possible Apple, Texas Faggott and ACCU remixes the
most. The vocal sample on I'm Not The One makes me so sick I can't even listen
to the song. In Palecastro, one of my favourite KW songs, all the best parts
were left out from the remix?
Of course, this is only opinion, but for me this album is merely a joke.
Forgive being negative, but I take KW music very seriously and I think they
would have deserved a more seroius remix. Don't get me wrong, I love also
electronic music and I know the featured artists can do some great stuff.

if you like KW you´re gonna hate this album...

Freakout remixes is absolutely horrible shit! Kingston Wall is one of the
greatest rock bands in the world ever.
They just don't don't deserve this!!

Possibly apple and Squearemeat have done great job, but the others.. uww. Don't
buy this album, if you're not a die-hard-Kingston wall fan..

KW is KW, but some people don't understand this as a tribute from todays
artists to the legendary Kingston Wall. This is a plus not a minus!

It is ZEN GARDEN PRODUCTIONS and absolutely nothing to doo with exogenic. How
serious is life to someone who is dead? I personally think that the message of
the LORDS in the afterdeath has allways been "NO WURRIES!! YOU ARE A SILLY
WHOMAN TAKING LIFE SO SERIOUSLY, NOW GO BACK AND SMILE!!

Kingston Wall is one of the best bands in the world, but freak out remixes is
on of the worst albums in the world. Kw´s singer/guitarist Petri Walli have
hatet this album too, but he suicided somewhere 1995, so he couldn't stop of
making this shit album. ( sorry my bad english language)

This album is the best way of showing respect of the most professional finnish
underground musicians.
KW would have loved and honoured this great job of these finnish masters!!
Finnishunderlovegound.
NO more judging

It´s Possible Apple. Not Possibly.
There is spelling error on the album.
The album it self, is a average listening
experience. Few wrelly good tracks, few not
so good. I give 3 / 5 points.

Kingston Wall is the best band ever played.it's larger than life. and the most
respectable and psychedelic band ever.I have all of their albums except for
this remix-shit that stinks bad.texas faggot is great tough.

WHY??? Why some idiot people do this... i can't even says how bad this album
is.. Kingston Wall is the best band in the world what we have ever seen and
hear.. And Petri is god... only god...... don't do this anymore... and
again.... you had a shame!!!

its great

Wich is badder, That somebody makes remixses like this.
Or somebody releases remixes like this?
I think that guys who made this album, respected the original band good enough.
I´ts just theyr´e vision of
songs. But i dont know, if this album was very klewer thing to do at all. Few
good works! Some of tracks... eerm, Were you in horry or smthng?

My opinion is that KW was the greatest band ever. I think that this remix album
sucks a bit and I don't know for sure if the band would have liked this. But I
think that Petri Walli would have because he liked trance music. (So I've
heard).

It sucks like no record has never done before...

some people just don't get it. first of all, pete walli was very much into
techno music. Kingston Wall even performed live (under a secret name) in
goatrance rave parties. second of all, i think that Pete knew most of these
artists who appear on this album. Third, making an album like this, no matter
what you say, it's still made in honour of kingston wall and the people behind
this album are still professional musicians in the finnish electronic music
scene. and the fourth thing is: DO NOT TAKE THINGS TOO SERIOUSLY. I think that
humour and just HAVING FUN, expermenting with weird sounds etc was a stronge
force within Kingston Wall - if you saw them live, or on bootleg videos, you'd
realize. Walli himself said, even in his last interviews, that you shouldn't
take things too seriously and therefor not all of the remixes are so seriously
made either (or shouldn't be taken too seriously at least).. SMILE, GO ON AND
SMILE! peace!