before fopp moved in and killed the record shops in bristol, there used to be all sorts of hidden away corners with boxes full of weird and wonderful promo cds.
before the days of record label love, keeping an eye on these secret boxes was a wonderful way to keep the supply of new interesting music flowing in the direction of ireallylovemusic hq
sometimes i’d find long forgotten classics, and other times i’d take a chance on something unknown only to realise 60 minutes later that i wasted that pound coin.
on one of these digs i spotted a strange cardboard promo full of names that meant absolutely nothing to me, it’s never finished, a collection of tracks on the unknown to me chicago based label known as the consumers research and development label, however, a closer look indicated one of the tracks by e.moss, was remixed by cut-n-paste hip hop guru steinski, so the deal was done.
now, if the truth be told, the remix aint all that exciting in comparison to the old school productions that kicked off all the legal chaos, but it seems to have not been included on the current 2 cd retrospective, what does it all mean, that’s getting its expected love all over the wire.
so, just cos i can, i’m dropping this rare remix here, along with urging anyone with any interest in the steinski story (and damn, it is a story !), to check out a new interview in which the man himself provides the background to each track on this new essential retrospective, and if you’re new to this mans ‘music’, then i urge you check out the e-card linked below and realise just where on earth the basis for much of the cut-n-paste/sample heavy music has evolved from.
hopefully, the uk based fans (ie me!) are to get a chance to grab this 2cd set before it ends up as ebay gold.
for the remix however, there is little of the trademark vocal samples, and instead provides a sneaky peak into how steinski would sound should he have gone deeper into the production game. the track is a deep boom bass, slow and low, late night hip hop groove layered with heavy ambience, and could easily have had bill laswells name hidden away in the credits.
i have often wondered if its a genuine steinski remix – so maybe someone out there knows ?
mp3 : e.moss – back to the edit (steinski remix)
more detail : here – – interview/track rundown – – e-card (includes album streaming !)