TEAM RNS PRESENTS

TITLE: Waltz For Koop (Alternative

RIPPER: RNS Jazz Fiend

0hr 54min total- 78.3mb

RELEASE DATE: 2003-09-00
RIP DATE: 2003-09-26

01 Baby (D'Malicious Remix)       3:11
02 Tonight (Nicola Conte New Jazz 6:37

03 Modal Mile (2 Banks Of 4 Remix)5:20
04 Summer Sun (Markus Enochson    6:45

05 Relaxin' At Club F****n        5:58
(Dorfmeister vs. Madrid De Los

06 Bright Nights (Rima Techno     7:22

07 In A Heartbeat (Hird Remix)    4:07
08 Waltz For Koop (DJ Patife      8:26

09 Summer Sun (Carlito Remix)     6:31

As we learned from their last release,
Koop means co-operation. The soundscape
not electronic music with a touch of jazz,
but jazz sparingly laced with
electronics - known to us as yet is the
child of a thriving, cooperative
interaction between the core duo of
composers/ arrangers/ producers Magnus
Zingmark and Oscar Simonsson. But the
term & idea "co-operation" has now been
extended to a form of "external
co-operation" that takes shape in a
collection of electrifying remixes
embedded in an eclectic musical
background and compiled on "Waltz For
Koop  Alternative Takes".

Those of you who have had the pleasure
of emphasising romantic, laid-back,
intimate moments of 2getherness with the
help of Koop's wonderful second album
"Waltz for Koop", now have the perfect
release to get your partner out of bed
before breakfast. Dancing! Being
familiar with Koop's second album, one
has the feeling that its magic
mellowness has now been underlayed by a
steady, driving, solid fundament that
footloosens bodies whilst still allowing
those mind-kites to fly. Basically
Koop's "Waltz for Koop  Alternative
Takes" is a collection of a few
remixers' individual declaration of love
towards the original award-winning
album, some of whom are non other than
Richard Dorfmeister, DJ Patife, Nicola
Conte and many others.

1. Baby (D'Malicious Remix) is sweet
melancholy playing its tricks on you and
an acoustic guitar. Simply beautiful,
how D'Malicious uses this lick to pick
up Cecilia Stalin's vocals, just to lead
them through the harmonic ups and downs
of this remake. Goose bumps guaranteed!

2. Tonight (Nicola Conte New Jazz
Version) was originally written within
15 minutes and stands up to be a classic
European Jazz tune. The original
"Tonight" is musically and emotionally
dark, with Mikael Sundin in the role of
the lonesome lover lamenting on his
sadness, whilst chord-progressions tune
the whole thing bittersweet. Nicola
Conte mixed up the track with a
"History Repeating" style beat to
remind us of the fact that heartbreak is
never in vain and always has an end.

3. Modal Mile (2 Banks Of 4 Remix)
breaks up the original double-bass-vibe
into smooth up-beat sound-movements that
perfectly fill all possible coordinates
of hearable panorama. Highly acclaimed
Two Banks Of Four (City Watching LP/
Sirkus) replace the original vocals of
mystery-character Earl Zinger by Valerie
Etienne, whose voice surely contributes
to the overall jazz-fueled mood of this

4. Summer Sun (Markus Enochson Remix) adds
straight-to-the-bone-power and
-drive to the original version, whilst
keeping its spirit alive. The original
was cited by legendary radio jazzman
Gilles Peterson as one of the two songs
that really make him happy (the other was
a tune by someone called Stevie Wonder).
"Summer Sun" is the brightest, most
euphoric thing we've heard in years, and
thus its brilliant house-remix will
channel stepping feet straight from
living-rooms into the clubs.

5. Relaxin At Club F****n (Dorfmeister
vs. Madrid De Los Austrias Version) is
an upbeat version with straight, clean
beats and moody sounds, all laced by a
superb bassline. Mr Richard Dorfmeister
and the Madrid De Los Austrias boys give
their treatment to the track with their
all special formula. Nice one brotha!

6. Bright Nights (Rima Techno Chimp
Dub Mix) definitely aims at the dance
floor. Rima aka Domu and Volcov produced
this track in a far more beat driven
fashion than the dreamful original
version. In other words: What you see,
is what you get, since this mix does it
all tech-style pretty much in the
direction you might think of when you
read the remix name.

7. In a Heartbeat (Hird Remix) sounds
like Terry Callier's emotionally charged
lyrics taking a walk, while telling their
story to their most faithful, alert
companions (bass, keys and drums), who
seem to be treading along. In no time,
the listener finds himself mind-walking
with the others, only to say "hello" to
old electronic mates whistling their
melody, while passing by.

8. Waltz For Koop (DJ Patife Remix) is
the Brazilian interpretation of the
original, which is one of those tunes
that will make any season feel like
summertime, the strings painting vast
skies and oceans across the beautiful,
sparsely decorated soundscape, with
Cecilia Stalin's zero gravity vocal
delivery complementing perfectly. I
guess DJ Patife is from a part of
Brazil, where drums kick like Ronaldo
and snares hit the brain like Caipirinha.
Finest Drum&Bass, for real!

9. Summer Sun (Carlito Rmx), you always
smile! So do we, when listening to sweet,
fascinating Yukimi Nagano's perceptively
looped lyrics gently pushed up, down,
back & forth by on-point D&B percs in
the Carlito mix by James Wade. "Summer
Sun"  Carlito Rmx will melt the heart of
every Drum&Bass lover.

Music does things like that to you
every now and then. At leat this music

In 2003 Koop won a Swedish Grammy in
the category "best/dance club album".
So they have won both the official
Grammy and the alternatie/underground