The Units get remixed for Connections

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  • Todd Terje, Alexander Robotnick and Nick Chacona are among those who have reworked the seminal '70s synthpunk act.
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  • San Francisco synthpunk band The Units will be the focus of an exhaustive remix project to be released this July. The cult group were one of the first American bands to take up synthesisers in place of guitars in the late 1970s, and they are credited with creating the synthpunk genre. Band founder Scott Ryser instigated the remix project alongside Opilec Music's Gianluca Pandullo, commissioning remixes of The Units' singles, tracks taken from their LP Digital Stimulation and other hard-to-find gems and demos. Cosmic disco pioneer Daniele Baldelli caught on to The Units via his DJ sets in the '70s and '80s, and he here remixes the group's "Contemporary Emotions" with Marco Dionigi. Joining them for the 40-track CD and digital package are fellow Italo enthusiasts Todd Terje and In Flagranti, plus house producers Chris Carrier and Losoul. Tracklist CD 1 1. Bird River (Sinner Dc Rework) 2. Bug Boy (The Sneekers Remix) 3. Cannibals (Musiccargo's Die Afrikanische Botschaft Remix) 4. Contemporary Emotions (Daniele Baldelli & Marco Dionigi Acoustic Rework) 5. Cowboy (Nick Chacona Rework) 6. Cowboy (Vaghe Stelle Rework) 7. East West (Losoul Remix) 8. Go (Enzo Ponzio In Love Remix) 9. High Pressure Days (King & Hound Re-Edit) 10. High Pressure Days (Nemesi Remix) 11. High Pressure Days (Sare Havlicek Remix) 12. I-5 (Eclipse Soul Remix) 13. I Night (Dominatrix Rework) CD 2 01. I Night (L'est Rework) 02. Life Is Good Now (Juditta Rework) 03. Life Is Good Now (Tuscania Re-Edit) 04. More Alike (Sare Havlicek You Spin Me Back Rework) 05. Moving Bodies (Alexander Robotnick Rework) 06. One Man (Chris Carrier Rework) 07. One Man (Premier Rang Rework) 08. Passions Of Patterns (Dj Andryu & Cloned In Vatican Cosmic Remix) 09. Red (Q-Burns Abstract Message Remix) 10. Red (The Love Supreme Version Remix) 11. Run (Stefny Winter Rework) 12. Straight Lines (Portable Morla Ft. Dubin Hood Rework) CD 3 01. That Funky Thang (Billy Bogus Rework) 02. The Mission Is Bitchin' (Mushrooms Project Remix) 03. The Right Man (Daniele Baldelli & Marco Dionigi Cosmic Remix) 04. The Units (In Flagranti Trocadero Transfer Mix) 05. Tight Fit (Klein & Mbo Remix) 06. Warm Moving Bodies (I-Robots Remix) 07. Warm Moving Bodies (Juditta Rework) 08. Warm Moving Bodies (Mannekin Pis Remix) 09. Warm Moving Bodies (Paine' Remix) 10. We Need A Doctor's Son (Danny Ocean Rework) 11. Zombo (I-Robots Rework) Card/Download Bonus Tracks 01. Cannibals (Ryser Remix) 02. Contemporary Emotions (Doctor Jazz's Universal Remedy Ft. Giorgio Li Calzi Rework) 03. High Pressure Days (Daniele Baldelli & Marco Dionigi Remix) 04. High Pressure Days (Dompteur Mooner & The Outlier Ft. Pollyester Remix) 05. High Pressure Days (N.O.I.A. Remix) 06. High Pressure Days (Phil Weeks Robsoul Pressure Remix) 07. High Pressure Days - (Todd Terje Remix) 08. Red (Dj Andryu & Cloned In Vatican Megatron Remix) 09. The Right Man (Daniele Baldelli & Marco Dionigi Remix) 10. Tight Fit (King & Hound Re-Edit) 11. Tight Fit (The Horse's Mouth Remix) 12. Warm Moving Bodies (Bit Shifter Skyscraper Cell Remix) 13. Warm Moving Bodies (Francesco Pistoi Remix) 14. Warm Moving Bodies (Tex Mix) 15. Warm Moving Bodies (The Barking Dogs Remix) 16. Zombo (Unu Rework) Digital Only 01. Bug Boy (The Sneekers Extended Remix) 02. Contemporary Emotions (Daniele Baldelli & Marco Dionigi Rework) 03. High Pressure Days (Phil Weeks Robsoul Pressure Dub Remix) 04. High Pressure Days (Sare Havlicek Extended Remix) 05. I Night (Dominatrix Instrumental Rework) 06. One Man (Chris Carrier Dub Rework) 07. Red (The Love Supreme Club Version Remix) 08. Warm Moving Bodies (I-Robots Extended Remix) 09. Warm Moving Bodies (Mannekin Pis Dub Remix) 10. Warm Moving Bodies (Paine' Remix Accappella) 11. Warm Moving Bodies (Paine' Remix Tool Accappella) 12. Warm Moving Bodies (Paine' Remix Tool Film Accappella) Opilec Music will release Connections in July 2011.
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