Live Review: LISTEN: TEED ‘Household Goods' Remix Package

Much like our ORLANDO did with his single ‘Garden,’ a special remix package for ‘Household Goods’ has just been dropped. There’s been a lot of hype around this release, what with the video comp having just closed and the general excellence of TOTALLY ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS in general.

The remixes chosen are really exciting. ZINC is totally rad, with a thumping bass and the occasional explosion sound effect. Not to mention the catchy harmony and repetition (not so much that it becomes aneurism inducing.) Not for one second do I want this remix to end. It’s got me up and baby dancing (a dance move that includes a lot of awkward hip swinging and arm punching), and if this is what decides the effectiveness of a track, (it is) then the ZINC Remix of ‘Household Goods’ has done its job.

LIL SILVA puts more of a clubbers twist on the track, adding a female vocal at the appropriate times and a few SKRILLEX moments here and there. Somehow this manages to work out. Riddle me that. More seriously however, this remix is killer. The transformation is ridiculously good; it builds just the right amount of anticipation and riles the crowd with the consequent climaxes. I can imagine it working a room better than a YS DTF.

The MANO LE TOUGH remix starts a little slower than the others; it will be about 2 minutes until you can actually hear traces of ORLANDO’S initial track. This is not to say however that this remix isn’t gold. Actually gold is the perfect word, it’s all class and subtlety. There are a few little fun bits as well; at one point I actually feel like I’m inside Super Mario, but I’ll let you search for that bit.

Speaking of class, that piano in the ENEI remix is superb. It kind of makes you feel like you’re in an elevator and you’re bopping along, and then someone unexpectedly enters and you have to do the walk of shame out the door and up the stairs. I will have this remix in my head for the rest of the day. It’s got to be some sort of subliminal genius or something.

Usually, what I like to see in a good remix is a clear respect for the original. But none of these remixes do that. They all take an already excellent track, and add and subtract and twist and play a little until what we end up with is something new and cool and exciting. God I love music.

Words by Allie Speers.

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