I had not heard of this act before, but it is an Italian duo consisting of Claudio Vittori and Paolo Gozzetti, with some others thrown in for good measure. As the press sheet describes it, this album moves “through smooth jazzy vibes and gently electronic scenarios” and “ranges from trip hop remembrances to dance floor vibes passing through nu jazz perceptions and UK sound memories.” Fair enough. Let’s put it on the turntable. This is pretty straightforward jazzy lounge music with sultry female vocals. You can almost smell the cigarette smoke and cheap whisky as you picture the dive bar in which they are playing. Synth organ, drums, and vocals make for a pretty solid combination. Still, I found it to be well constructed but nothing that really blew me away. There didn’t feel like there was much experimentation, leaving the end result feeling a bit sterile. The high point on the album was the powerful vocals by Jaia Sowden on “Tribal Tattoo,” which closes the album on a high point. Next up, we have the remixes by Wandl, Werkha, H-SIK, and Yellowtail. Generally, remixes are too conservative for my taste and tend to stick too close to the original. Thankfully, this is not the case here. Each of these remixes are much more complex and interesting than the original. For example, H-SIK brings some glitch to the table and Yellowtail trades in the organ for guitar with the drums and vocals for a more frantic feel. Given the choice between the two, I would dump the originals and go with the remixes.