Congratulations (Erol Alkan Rework) - MGMT - Congratulations (2010, Columbia)
The more I listen to this album the more I realise just how good it is. It’s much better than good actually, and I wish I had of got into it before. But there’s nothing like a band issuing a public statement apologising for the low quality of their latest album to turn you off it before you even give it a listen.
Anyway, British party-starter and producer extrodinaire Erol Alkan recently gave their latest single Congratulations a little more dancefloor oomph with a quite inspired rework. In a way it’s not really comparable to the original, but I like this version just as much (and I love the original). It’s one of those rare remixes where the producer manages to give justice to and incorporate the original track tastefully, but also create something interesting and new.
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