I don't understand why "Another World" was chosen to be a single. I'm not saying this because it's not my favorite track but because I don't think it is the most "single-ish" track of the album. I mean Horse Power or Dissolve could be real hits if they were released as singles.
Plus Another World has a similar "feeling" that Swoon. It's not the best way to promote the album...

Anyway, the single is available now so let's speak about that.

The "radio edit" of Another World isn't useful, I don't think I have to say a lot about it...so I'll just speak about the remixes.

Swoon (Boys Noize "summer mix")
Fortunately not too "Boys Noize-like" (no awful saturated sound). It's the least we can expect from both a Swoon remix and Boys Noize. Good but not really amazing. Actually I think it's too close to the original version, he didn't add very much to it. At least he didn't waste the track and made it a little more "club friendly".

Swoon (Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas remix)
A good remix. Different from the original version but we recognize it anyway. It's very original but maybe a little too long. It's worth the listen.

Horse Power (Popof remix)
Apart from the "Horse Power" vocal sample, it sounds nothing like the original version. It's a Popof track with a sample from Horse Power. I think it's a bit too cliché, with that "build up then release" thing we can find in most of Popof's tracks. The beats are well-produced but the track, in itself, lacks a bit of originality to me. This is probably the reason why I've never been a fan of Popof's music in general : it's basic progressive techno without much originality. It's not bad but it's not really awesome.
Ed said that this remix was a banger but for me it's nothing compared to the original !

i think basically Another World is more likely to get radio play, simply because it has vocals,


also, i dont really think of Further as a 'singles' album, so i dont think any choices would have worked 100%(except swoon)



the popf remix is more like a cover, he obviously made it completely himself, but its clearly inspired by HP,
I like it a lot, good dirty synth sounds



the swoon remix are ok, but neither is more interesting than swoon




thats my 2c

Another World is not my favorite either, but when you see some of the YouTube clips of the live shows the crowds go off as soon as it starts, so maybe it is more appealing to the more general audience? Possibly a good call making it a single from the whole 'marketing/money making' side of things.

i agree about the boyz noise remix being similar, but i personally like it much better than the original in most ways.

Ben Glass, on 16 August 2010 - 11:50 PM, said:

But what about Dissolve ? It has vocals too...

The bloke off the internet, on 17 August 2010 - 02:21 AM, said:

i've haerd Dissolve on the radio, and they fade it out before the vocals

Another World has a vocal 'hook'

Dissolve just has some vocals at the end

think like a record exec...

Why not Swoon?

Skey, on 17 August 2010 - 12:16 PM, said:

swoon was already a successful single

Ben Glass, on 17 August 2010 - 11:45 AM, said:

Whoever "they" are, "they" suck !

The bloke off the internet, on 17 August 2010 - 02:21 PM, said:

indeed

Ben Glass, on 16 August 2010 - 11:50 PM, said:

also my opinion! if they would release none of the 8 tracks as a single, it would be cool for me. further = one music trip.

to castrate AW to a under 3:00 long track isn't really working for me. i prefer the album version.

remixes:

the club friendly boys noize rmx works well on the floor (tested it several times =)) and for me. i think i've heard boys noize rmx more often than the original. GOOD WORK, ALEX!


for lindstrom/prins: wow, what a feeling! kinda love this rmx. very chilled and relaxing. takes swoon back to the chemical roots.

popof: first i thought, mhhh, a very well done remix. but after a few listens, i think it's a very average popof track. it's almost 100% popof. i have to say, that i know all of popof's tracks i think. they are all very club orientated but most of them are following the same scheme (like horse power). it does not surprise me. same synths, same build up...meh. prefer the original on the dancefloor. f.e.: popofs work on vitalic's flashmob is what i call a banging remix by popof.

i hope if there will be a third single they will not cut it to nearly beyond recognition...

^ Radio edits are always cut down versions of the original - I'm not a big fan of these versions but if there's going to be a third single then chances are it will follow Swoon and Another World's lead - and there will most likely be a radio edit version of the song. I'm not too fussed though, I have the original length versions to enjoy already!

I'm purchasing the EP as I type and will give these some solid listens before I give my thoughts.

These aren't my favorites, but of all of the remixes I'm gonna have to go with the linstorm/prins one. It takes an even more relaxed approach (Swooning, if you will ) and is great to just listen to.

brother_ging, on 17 August 2010 - 04:35 PM, said:

I'm not a fan of this remix, he just took some parts of the original, added some beats and made build-ups.
It's the main problem with POpof's music : he makes good beats (really) but he always uses the same recipe (build-ups again and again...). It's not very original.
I think I prefer the original version of Flashmob...wait, no I prefer the new live version that Vitalic made !

at 1:56 It's awesome !

Vitalic is f*cking FANTASTIC.

MadPooter, on 17 August 2010 - 09:48 PM, said:

AGREED 1000 TIMES !!!

Maybe I am biased... but I rarely enjoy hearing Chems tracks remixed at all. Don't think I've ever heard a remix that I thought was nearly as good as the original. I bought the Another World EP but I am wondering why I bothered, the remixes ... meh.

Daft Punk's remix of Life Is Sweet is kinda cool (even if not really close to the original).

MadPooter, on 17 August 2010 - 12:48 PM, said:

Thanks to Pooter's constant (but annoying ) mentioning of Vitalic in this forum, I stumbled upon some 12's of his earlier work. When I found it, I thought to myself 'Pooter listens to this stuff', so I took it as buying advice and brought home Fanfares and Poney EP. Good buys!

But when I heard the track 'Flashmob', I thought I found the 'meaning of life' and the 'holy grail' all in one!

nuff said!

Am I the only one that thinks it's odd that the Another World 12" doesn't contain Another World? Has anyone seen the artwork? Will it just be called "Remixes"?

Krisper, on 17 August 2010 - 06:57 PM, said:

I agree the originals are almost always far superior to the remixes, but I find value in many of them and think there are a handful of gems. That being said, there haven't been too many good ones since the first singles collection, although I think DFA and Soulwax did nice jobs.