I don't know much about techno but because they are using actual instruments to do the covers, it just sound like a jazzy instrumental. The redigitized stuff on scion just sounds like someone shat on my speaker.

fuuuuuuck... are you guys HIGH? i got about a minute and a half into that song and had to turn it off. it (like most techno or *RALPH* "UK GARAGE") is like fingernails on a chalkboard to me. and if that makes me a "garage purist" then so be it.

PASS.

I ain't know dadgum purist, but I'm not a big techno fan and it's taking me some time to warm up to this one. Downloaded it from eMusic yesterday.

ACE for real! I think it's hothothot and I'm as cool with it as a fridge in the ARCTIC wastelands! A freaking amazing album if you ask me. Dirtbombs are never wrong.

Paul Cooper said:

Purists of any sort miss out on all kinds of good shit.

Mon Slav Chaos said:

I guess, I'm not a purist.

Tied in with that are the (Scion sponsored) techno remixes of Ditbombs songs that were announced two days ago. Here is the press release with links to free downloads:

 

The Dirtbombs, the venerable Detroit garage outfit formed by Mick Collins, will be the next entry in Scion A/V's ongoing remix series. While the project intitally seems at odds with The Dirtbombs' oft-traditional blend of garage, punk, and soul, the new album marks a stylistic departure for the band, paying homage to the diversity of their hometown with a collection of classic Detroit Techno covers. Scion A/V, long proponents of both the garage rock and Detroit techno scenes, are commemorating the effort by releasing an EP of techno remixes of The Dirtbombs' covers, along with a booklet of stories by Collins about his youth in Detroit, his first exposure to Detroit techno at parties in 1982, and, most surprisingly, his forays into making dance records before forming the massively influential garage band The Gories, which his name would soon become synonymous with.

 

Opening with the classic 1981 A Number of Names single "Sharevari", recontextualized through both theDirtbombs' and ubiquitous Detroit house DJ Omar S's filters. Then, handclaps and heavily delayed guitar lines signal the intro to techno collective Ectomorph's remix of the band's take on Knights of the Jaguar's classic 1999 single "Jaguar". The third and final remix, of Innerzone Orchestra's "Bug in the Bassbin", is a gritty facelift by Kyle Hall, the 19-year-old prodigy already being praised by the likes of XLR8R and many others as the new face of Detroit techno. Closing out the collection is the original Dirtbombs version of "Sharevari".

 

 

Scion A/V Remix: The Dirtbombs tracklisting:

1. Sharevari (Omar S Remix)

2. Jaguar (Ectomorph Remix)

3. Bug In The Bassbin (Kyle Hall Remix)

4. Sharevari (Original Dirtbombs Version)

 

 

 

Stream and download Scion A/V Remix: The Dirtbombs here:

Stream: http://soundcloud.com/scionav/sets/scion-a-v-remix-the-dirtbombs

Download: http://scionav.com/thedirtbombs   

 

Watch the trailer here: http://vimeo.com/18965404

 

To see the video for The Dirtbombs' cover of "Sharevari" that came out last month as part of the latest installment of the Scion A/V Video series click here: http://vimeo.com/15623513

 

 

Purists of any sort miss out on all kinds of good shit.

Mon Slav Chaos said:

I guess, I'm not a purist.

I guess, I'm not a purist.

"9 classic Detroit techno classics"

Department of Redundancy Department. ;)

I'll give Mick the benefit of the doubt on this one... I wouldn't know a "classic Detroit techno classic" if it bit me on the dick.

And I'm sure pissing off "garage purists" is one of the reasons he's doing this as he seems to revel in that kind of thing. Remember "Stuck in Thee Garage" on the Dangerous Magical Noise LP?

Love this album, Mick Collins is ten years ahead of his time!