There’s something about Nathan Fake right now that’s caught the hearts of most minimal listeners. It probably has something to do with his innate sense of melody, but it’s hard to say for sure. Coming off the highly caned “The Sky Was Pink” 12″ for Border Community and the best 12″ from Traum this year, Fake has gotten two remix 12″’s released under his name featuring the talents of Dominik Eulberg, Michael Mayer, and Steve Barnes. While the ambient mixes that Barnes turned in on his more recent release don’t do much to excite, Eulberg’s mix of “Dinamo” does a great job of marrying the original’s ping-pong sonar blips to a propulsive beat. Mayer’s mix of “Coheed” is, if anything, better than Eulberg’s by making it just as epic in four less minutes. Featuring his now-typical move of taking everything out of the track, only to build it back up again, Mayer turns the track into a pop-house gem.

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[Todd Burns]