| 2-Disc Set. A long-awaited full length set of remix work from Kahil El Zabar -- the summation of a great run of 12" singles over the past few years, finally brought together in one complete album! Way back at the end of the 80s, Kahil first had the idea of mixing together the jazz of his AACM roots with the house music percolating in the Chicago scene -- but for many years, this dream was deferred, and even later attempts were only partially realized. Enter Deeper Soul, who managed to dig up a few unreleased tracks from Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, and served them round to a host of great remixers -- including Osunlade, IG Culture, Djinji Brown, and Henrik Schwarz. The result is a wonderful batch of tunes that have the soulful depth of his original work, but completely remake the music for the dancefloor -- served up here in a 2CD package that features the original tracks "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands", "Ancestral Song", and "Running In The Streets" on one disc -- plus remixes on the other, titles that include "Our Time Is Now (Kahil El Zabar & Kemit Sources IG Culture rmx)", "Ancestral Song (Osunlade rmx)", "Running In The Streets (Charles Webster rmx)", "He's Got The Whole World In His Hands (Henrik Schwarz rmx)", "Ancestral Song (Kemit Sources rmx)", "Our Time Is Now (Kemit Sources orig mix)", and "Running In The Streets (Djinji Brown rmx)". |