Rewind! 3 (2003)

About this title: The idea behind the Rewind series is a simple one: take artists, producers, and bands working within the general category of electronic dance music and set them loose on songs that inspired them as they were coming up. The resulting juxtapositions are sometimes jarring but almost always lots of fun. Witness, for example, This Kid Named Miles' electro-ska arrangement of the Johnny Cash staple "Ring of Fire" or Swag's punchy rendition of the obscure Riuchi Sakamoto composition "Riot in Lagos" or Jeremy Ellis' respectful adaptation of Herbie Hancock's funky "Chameleon." There are other ... read more

Tracks:

1. Jungle Fever [Ador]
2. Genevieve [Patterson/Scipio]
3. Che Che Cold [Makossa Mix] [Colon/Lavoe]
4. Open the Door [Carter]
5. Please Don't Leave [Fedreghini]
6. Ring of Fire [Kilgore/Cash]
7. Willing [Heron]
8. Stars and Rockets [Thomas/Robertson]
9. Space Is the Place [Ra]
10. Rough [Hancock/Laswell]
11. Baltimore Oriole [Edit] [Carmichael/Webster]
12. Riot in Lagos [Edit] [Sakamoto]
13. Porpoise Song [Goffin/King]
14. Chameleon [Edit] [Jackson/Mason/Maupi]
15. You Shook Me All Night Long [Young/Johnson]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.