Though they're one of the most imaginative remix teams in dance music, Chateau Flight (the duo of Gilb'r and I:Cube) doesn't enjoy the high profile of teams at the same level, like Jazzanova or Kruder Dorfmeister. (Part of the answer lies in the fact that both members enjoy fruitful "solo" careers.) Whatever the reason, Versatile's full-length collection Remixent is the perfect antidote to any potential obscurity, collecting 14 post-productions for trip-hop artists (Air, P'Taah, Peace Orchestra), broken beat artists (Seiji, Joakim Lone Octet, Pavel Kostiuk), pop artists (Serge Gainsbourg, Bebel Gilberto), African artists (Femi Kuti, Manu Dibango), and even a contemporary composer (Pierre Henry). Gilb'r and I:Cube's imagination and production expertise knows no bounds, and they're smart enough to range from radical reimaginings to subtle reworkings. For an example of the former, check out the duo's reverse-engineering of Bebel Gilberto into an electro-disco diva on August Day Song; for the latter, listen to the heavy Afro-beat and dense rhythm on their reversion of Femi Kuti's Beng, Beng, Beng. An early track by Air becomes a broken beat mammoth (they're a dead ringer for Carl Craig on the boards), and the duo return to Detroit later for a sublime remix of Ritual by Brandy (no, not that Brandy.). Chateau Flight don't really have a style (or just one style) to call their own; instead, they create a new interpretation for each track that comes their way, and often do it better than the original. ~ John Bush, Rovi

1		Brand New Day
2		Take a Rest
3		Lola Rastaquouère
4		Second Nature
5		Beng, Beng, Beng
6		August Day Song
7		J'Ai Dormi Sous l'Eau
8		It's Complete
9		Rêve 1
10		Ritual
11		Soul Fiesta
12		Flyin' High
13		Who Am I
14		Too Fortiche

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