"TAKE CARE OF BUISNESS"

 (Pilooski Edit)

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Nina Simone

..Pilooski’s trademark dice-ups sell as limited-edition collectibles on eBay - but it’s his flair for raising the stakes on a rollicking missile like Simone’s “Take Care Of Business” that makes this one of the more immediate go-to-track’s on #4. Giant orchestral swoops and pounding rhythms reinforce everything the prescient Nina has to say about her state of affairs circa 1965.

"BIM BOM"

 (Psapp Remix)

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Astrud Gilberto

Beneficiary of a subtle makeover on Verve Remixed 2 (“Gilberto’s “Here’s That Rainy Day” remixed by Koop), Astrud Gilberto, the alluring vocalist and former wife of legendary guitarist Joao Gilberto, who wrote “Bim Bom,” succeeds in capturing the essence of a song that Joao recorded first. How fitting that the playful London boy/girl duo Psapp - Carim Clasmann and Galla Durant - take the captivating remix to the next level. Known for using arcane musical instruments and homemade ‘sound emitters,’ the inventive practitioners of ‘toytronica’ gleefully owe up to their moniker here, planting xylophonic minefields and tippling horn bursts throughout Astrud’s bubbly frolic. Composers of the quirky theme to the hit ABC TV show Grey’s Anatomy, the meticulous pair manage to somehow preserve the inherent dignity of the dreamy song, an idiosyncratic homage worth of the 1965 release that spawned it, Look To The Rainbow.

"TEA FOR TWO"

 (Chris Shaw Remix)

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Sarah Vaughan

Chris Shaw was honored to apply his nimble touch to Sarah Vaughan’s classic “Tea For Two,” pruned from her Latin-fused 1965 album Viva Vaughn, produced by another not-to-shabby knob-turner, Quincy Jones. Shaw’s top-notch rep has put him behind the console on a rare array of albums – everything from Dylan’s Love And Theft to Public Enemy’s Fear Of A Black Planet. He is also a fan of the Remixed series and approached the idea of tinkering with a national treasure with requisite humility. Viva Vaughan was recorded in the midst of the Bossa Nova craze. Shaw’s legendary sensitivity toward the art of the vocal uplifts the three-time Grammy® winner’s spicy rendition and sets her down gently in the hull of her own golden talent.

"DILO COMO YO"

 (Antibalas Remix)

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Patato & Totico

Acclaimed Afrobeat ensemble Antibalas have a field day with Carlos ‘Patato’ Valdes’ seminal collaboration with Cuban singer Totico, “Dilo Como Yo,” from their definitive 1967 album Patato & Totico. The 12-piece band, hailing from Brooklyn NY and known for their incendiary live shows, combine elements of Afrocentric percussion, jazz, funk, dub and improvisational patter, displaying it all on the classic song which has long been recognized as the most influential rumba albums of all time. Antibalas’ unique fusion thrills and enthralls just as much as the original, leaving the heart of Patato’s creation as intact as his reputation as music’s foremost Cuban percussionists. The legendary musician passed away in December of 2007.