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):
Avant-garde turntablist and sound sculptist DJ Spooky — aka That Subliminal Kid — is the last person you’d expect to hear remixed. With his abstract, sometimes surreal approach, it’s almost the equivalent of repainting a Picasso.
Nevertheless, on this 36-minute EP Spooky enlists a cadre of artists — from reggae outfit Dub Pistols to Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore and My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields — to slice and dice Rekonstruction and Peace In Zaire from his 1998 CD Riddim Warfare. Spread between new snippets and vignettes from Spooky, the remixes are as varied as the artists behind them: Shields’ is spacy, Moore’s is noisy, the Pistols’ is skanky. They may just be repainting an old master, but at least they add a few colours of their own.
