DFA afford further revisitations of Shit Robot's expertly executed debut album From The Cradle To The Rave, focusing specifically on the Planningtorock assisted "Answering Machine". Enlisting Motor City Drum Ensemble to remix the track is big news, and Mr Plessow does not disappoint on a finely crafted deep house revision that discards with the vocal element almost completely to focus on a slow burning bass centric refrain. Mere fragments of Janine Rostron's vocals remain and form part of the bumping subaqueous rhythms on what initially feels like an unassuming remix but has you hooked by the time the runout groove arrives - more of this please Mr Plessow! Rostron herself occupies the flip with two remixes of her own, the first a drastic revision that strips "Answer Machine" of its dancefloor intent for a masterful cut formed of a multiplicity of string instruments. Alongside it, her "Whisper" remix lays those distinct vocals over a skeletal, scratched beat swamped with white noise.

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