Chicks on Speed/Kreidler - The Chicks on Speed/Kreidler Session
(Chicks on Speed)
Imagine a brave new world for music. Imagine a world where music was not distributed in a distilled recording, already mastered down to two lonely audio tracks. Imagine instead that music was distributed in just the same way the recording engineer hears it, with each instrument coming in on a different channel, leaving the listener free to arrange and distribute the sound of the recording however he or she pleases. The engineer could still provide a recommended mix (or several), but the listener is free to truly mix his own sound.
In this brave new world where each person can be their own audio engineer, I know just how I'd do my own personal remix of the brand new collaboration between Kreidler and Chicks on Speed. You see, the musical parts—the keyboards, the bass, and the drums that come from the musicians of Kreidler—I would leave alone, just as how the "recommended mix" that came with the audio file suggested. However, for the vocal sections, as contributed by Chicks on Speed, the power of this new technology would allow me to totally reinvigorate this recording. Yes, in order to make this four song EP a truly great listening experience, in futureworld, I would simply set all vocals from the Chicks on Speed to zero.
Imagine the possibilities! No longer would I have to be bothered with the off-key, off-rhythm rantings and slogans of these wannabe amphetamine whores. Instead, this would just be a pretty great four song Kreidler EP, nix the now completely quiet fourth track, "Where the Wild Roses Grow." I could thorougly enjoy the uptempo dance rhythms of "Frequent Flyer Lounge Song," the laid-back cool that unfolds into a chopping guttural snyth melody in "Sliding Down Your Ribcage," and the primordial sexuality of the low-end clutter of "Polar Love" without having to hear some loony ladies lament their lax lesbian lifestyles.
This collaboration is an unholy union. Considering the stain this leaves on the Kreidler discography, at least they could have thought up of a clever name for this axis of terror. Something like "Kreidler on Speed" or, better, "Chicks on Kreidler."
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