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Store Categories SH*T ROBOT - Take Em Up / 12" BRAND NEW VINYL / DFA 2010
From the Cradle to the Rave is a near perfect album, and "Take Em Up" is one reason why: The interplay between MARCUS “SH*T ROBOT” LAMBKIN’s loping synthesizer disco funk and NANCY WHANG’s unflappable vocals is, simply, great. Now, that track yields added dividends through its pairing with a collection of remixes from an eclectic group of estimable artists. Birmingham, England's MARK E contributes his Black Country Dub, a reworking that adds a robot-precise, thudding beat to minimal arrangements, and then overlays the whole structure with room-filling synths. MARCUS MARR takes things slowly, opening with brooding synths and solitary vocals that burst into blissful electronic pop at the chorus. The digital release adds two tracks: A JOHN TALABOT remix that feels like a laidback house party that really gets going when it relocates to a disco floor. And Germany's MICHAEL MAYER’s epically inventive take on "Tuff Enuff"—another From the Cradle to the Rave standout—is an otherworldly listening experience that literally builds toward take off.
A1 Take Em Up (Original)