This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
If you think about it, Scottish indie-popsters The Pastels are a perfect band to remix. Their romantic, shamblingly poignant songs are pristine canvasses for another artist to amend.
So, using their 1997 CD Illumination as a blank slate, the band enlisted 15 enthusiastic sonic renovators to add new shades and textures. Cornelius paints happy little clouds floating above Windy Hill, Stereolab puts some disco glitter on One Wild Moment, Mouse On Mars rubs some smudges on Attic Plan, and My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields does a Jackson Pollock splatter job on Magic Nights. Is it art? I don’t know — but I know I like it.
