Import exclusive release from the award winning & multi-talented musician, producer, composer & remixer is a two CD collection of re-workings of some of his most diverse & inspiring tracks. Featuring no less than nine previously unreleased mixes, ‘All Mixed Up’ contains collaborations with some of the best remixers around, including Joe Calusell, Ges-E (Nasha), ‘Quantic, Freeform Five, Seiji, & MJ Cole. CD two is an exclusive half hour Nitin Sawehney mix CD featuring cuts from Fink, Ojos de Brujo, Bugz, Quantic, Landslide, Ges-E, & others. V2. 2004.
A defining moment in any songwriter’s career is when established artists will line up to remix their songs in an album of tribute. All Mixed Up is that momentous occasion in Nitin Sawhney’s astounding career as a writer/producer/DJ. Sawhney has been scaling the decks of success since releasing his inaugural album Spirit Dance. He followed this up with the introspective Migration and then removed religious barriers on Displacing the Priest. But it is from his most recent releases the Mercury Prize-nominated Beyond Skin, the globally influenced Prophesy, and the life-struggle inspired Human that the collaborators on All Mixed Up draw from.
It is the sheer quality of the artists remixing Sawhney’s work that makes this album so fabulous. The likes of Quantic, Freeform Five, MJ Cole, and London Elektricity among others are huge artists in their own right. But merged into a fusion of club-mix reworking of some of Nitin Sawhney’s most popular tracks these artists add yet another level of intricate detail to Sawhney’s complex mélange of sounds. Like an Asian quilt, Sawhney’s music is colourful, interwoven complexity that tells a story about the most human elements of existence. And as if one album of aural pleasure isn’t enough the man himself walks up to the decks on the bonus disc and mixes 24 minutes of his own brilliance. –Jarrod Rendle