This came out in 2004 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Ancient blues vocals, sampled and superimposed onto contemporary electronica grooves. Sound familiar? If not, you must be the one person in the world who missed out on Moby’s Play CD.
In that case, you’d be the target demographic for Alan Lomax’s Southern Journey Remixed, a familiar-sounding effort from producers Tangle Eye — the duo of Scott Billington and Steve Reynolds. Admittedly, this set takes a wider approach than Moby’s 1999 CD, utilizing longer archival passages, partnering them with live musicians instead of computers, and experimenting with a stylistic pallette that includes soul, gospel, blues, hip-hop, house, chillout and even reggae. Even so, it’s obvious this disc would have been more aptly titled RePlay.
