Review: Faced with a deluge of ultra-serious industrial techno, Noir & Haze pushed in the opposite direction. "Around" is a spacey but catchy arrangement, its billowing chords sweeping along the melancholic vocals. Solomun from Diynamic provides two top-quality remixes which turn the original into a dubby groove laced with trancey riffs, while the extended instrumental version is more techno-centric, glistening with shiny synth solos. On this much needed Defected reissue, we even get the Sub-Ann remix (another scorcher), and the MURKed vocal mix, focussing more on electro elements and chopping those famous vocals left, right and centre. Big? No, MASSIVE!
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