TODD TERJE Schallplatten & CDs

Review: ** Running Back Repress for the Terje Fans **Terje Olsen doesn't release many records, but when he does they tend to be pretty special. This surprise EP for Running Back is his only his fifth original single in seven years, but it's arguably his best yet. "Ragysh" is devilishly simple, a naggingly hypnotic house/ electronic disco head-nodder that builds to a gasping climax of chic, intergalactic melodies. It's partnered by "Bonysh", a dubwise beats track that ekes maximum thrills from little more than ever-changing percussion. B-side "Snooze For Love" - available in dancefloor and downtempo versions - continues the stargazing theme, offering up an uber-Balearic mix of bleep melodies, dozy chords and sleepwalking percussion.

Review: Having previously commissioned remixes of a range of It's Album Time LP tracks, Todd Terje has decided to hand over one of that set's most idiosyncratic tracks - the madcap, easy listening goes dancefloor jazz freakery of "Alfonso Muskedunder" - to a surprisingly eclectic selection of producers. While you would expect old pals Mungolian Jetset to embrace the madness - which they do with a sublime latin-tinged easy listening version, and an even better echo-laden dub, the latter in cahoots with Terje himself - you couldn't say the same for deep house and techno veteran Deetron. That said, his version is excellent, re-imagining Terje's original as a thrillingly breezy Balearic house jam. Bullion's pitched-down, hip-hop influenced version completes a superb package.

Review: In some ways, the "Preben" suite of tracks from Terje's It's Album Time LP is a strange choice for remixing. That said, the two original tracks both featured plenty of live instrumentation and spiraling synth solos amongst their nu disco-meets-easy listening and library jazz-funk grooves, making them attractive to remixers. As a result, these two reworks are unsurprisingly different to the source material. Parisian veteran I:Cube does a superb job on "Leisure Suit Preben", turning the tongue-in-cheek original into a string-drenched chunk of immersive Balearic house. Terje's old pal Prins Thomas sticks closer to the original vibe of "Preben Goes To Acapulco", turning in a breezy chunk of Arp-laden jazz-funk blessed with his usual organic, bass-heavy grooves.