Alsace & Lorraine (remixes) vinyl

Freerange records boss Jamie Odell, or Jimpster as he's known amongst the house music fraternity, released "Alsace & Lorraine" in September of last year. A man who's rather fond of remixes and remixing, it's no surprise that we see an entire piece of wax dedicated to just that. Josh Wink, Dairmount & Berardi Perspective and Ripperton are on duty here, and a rather lovely job they've all done of it too. Josh Wink's tweak is led by a meandering take on the lead riff. Conga's creep in and dance around some glitches and twitches while little else happens until a glorious kick comes to play after the build up. It's a twisted, eerie and thoroughly enjoyable adaptation. Dairmount & Beradi take a ravier stab with their turn; heavier kicks and prominent high's sit subtly over the whirring chords holding a distinctly dancefloor-centric edge. In simple but effective Ripperton style, it's the glockenspiels and groovy looped bass line that steals the show. Juno's pick of the bunch without doubt, Ripperton has injected funk into this calm and collected track.

Jimpster, The Revenge, Martin Haberland, Dirt Crew, Dominik Eulberg, Andre Lodemann, Fred Everything, Vince Watson, DAIRMOUNT (ROOM WITH A VIEW RECS), Nikola Gala, Sebastian Mullaert Aka Minilogue