We are quite fond of British synthpop star Little Boots’ recently released third studio album Working Girl – so were quite excited to learn that it had just got its first proper remix treatment. As that ‘Part 1‘ in the title indicates, it’s not a finished article, but is a decent promise of things to come.
In fact, there are just five remixes here, four of them of the same song. That song, “No Pressure”, is a satisfying slice of early 1990s-style dance, especially for people who were avid dance music connoisseurs during that era. The remixes, by Vicetone, Dreamtrak and others, are generally pleasing despite not really beefing up the growling synth sounds, as you would expect.
Then there’s a sole remix of “Better in the Morning” – one of our favorite tracks on Working Girl when we reviewed it in July. Here, however, the original fun, frothy feel is somewhat lost, the song having been given a dark gloss that it doesn’t entirely suit. It’s still, we concede, a good remix – though it would have been better for a different song.
Victoria Hesketh, as Little Boots is called off-stage, is already lining up a second collection of – hopefully more imaginative – remixes. In the meantime, this first set of efforts should please those people who are so besotted with “No Pressure” that they would be content with competent re-workings that put a unique spin on, despite actually falling short of, the original.
