Mark Reeder – Five Point One

Mark Reeder

I’m a sucker for a multi-channel audio release and of late, there has been little to get moist around the gusset about. 5.1 music seems to have faded away, whimpering into the cemetery of audio fads along with quadraphonic sound and the like. This is a big shame. A really BIG shame. multi-channel music can be, when done properly, a mind blowing experience and would’ve taken off properly had it not been for some crucial decisions of the terrible kind. For example, Sony dropped SACD support from the Playstation 3 and certain labels abandoned remixing their catalogues due to cost barriers. Some gems do exist out there, such as Björk’s entire catalogue being re-released in 5.1 as a box set called Surrounded. Sadly, her new album, Biophilia will not be mixed in 5.1. Depeche Mode also re-released their back catalogue as remastered stereo and 5.1 mixes and continued the trend with their last studio offering, Sounds of the Universe. And there are various other 5.1 offerings out there of note, such as Queen’s A Night at the Opera & The Game, or Love by the Beatles. And there are numerous versions of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, the best being a bootleg DVD-A version lifted directly from Alan Parson’s Quadraphonic masters. ‘Tis a thing of beauty, I tells ya!

But sadly, the rest of the world didn’t seem to care, and I’ve debated this over the years and no one can give me a concrete reason as to why. Was it cost? Lack of education on the benefits? Lack of material? I guess we’ll never know.

Anyway, when a release in 5.1 occurs, I get excited, more so now they are so few and far between. And when John Cooper from the fabulous Cerysmatic brought this to my attention this afternoon, I got proper excited. It’s a remix album by Mark Reeder, featuring Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys, Bad Lieutenant, John Foxx and many more. It comes in a 2CD/1DVD package including 5.1 and stereo mixes and costs a measly €19 plus shipping!

Check this tracklist out:

5.1 Disc

01 John Foxx – Underpass (mark reeder’s sinister subway remix edit)
02 Bad Lieutenant – Twist of fate (mark reeder’s led’s twist again remix)
03 Noblesse Oblige – Duel (mark reeder’s shot at the crack of dawn remix)
04 Marsheaux – So Far (mark reeder’s so close remix)
05 Depeche Mode – Sweetest Perfection (mark reeder’s sweetest conception remix)
06 Echoes – Ice Cold (mark reeder’s cold as ice remix)
07 Blank & Jones, Mark Reeder featuring Vanessa Daou – Heart Of Wax (heart of crystal mix)
08 Anne Clark – Full Moon (mark reeder’s stairway to the stars remix)
09 Vanessa Daou – Black & White (mark reeder’s monochrome mix)
10 Sam Taylor-Wood with The Pet Shop Boys – I’m in Love with a German Film Star (mark reeder’s rias remix)
11 Spartak – Lets Go Get ‘Em (mark reeder’s no pain, no gain remix edit)
12 Electrobelle – Falling (mark reeder’s in your arms remix edit)
13 Fidelity Kastrow – 21st Century Girl (mark reeder’s strident remix edit)
14 May68 – The Prisoner (mark reeder’s runaway remix)
15 Parralox – Sharper Than a Knife (mark reeder’s cutting edge remix edit)
16 Bad Lieutenant – Sink or Swim (mark reeder’s rettungsring remix edit)
17 Die Toten Hosen – Disco (mark reeder’s lange hosen remix)
18 Anne Clark – If… (mark reeder’s seemingly forever remix)

Stereo CD 1

01 John Foxx – Underpass
(mark reeder’s sinister subway remix)
02 Bad Lieutenant – Twist of Fate
(mark reeder’s led’s twist again remix)
03 Noblesse Oblige – Duel
(mark reeder’s shot at the crack of dawn remix)
04 Marsheaux – So Far
(mark reeder’s so close remix)
05 Depeche Mode – Sweetest Perfection
(mark reeder’s sweetest conception remix)
06 Echoes – Ice Cold
(mark reeder’s cold as ice remix)
07 Sam Taylor-Wood with The Pet Shop Boys – I’m in Love with a German Film Star
(mark reeder’s stuck in the 80s mix)
08 Spartak – Lets Go Get ‘Em
(mark reeder’s no pain, no gain remix)
09 Fidelity Kastrow – 21st Century Girl
(mark reeder’s strident remix)
10 Bad Lieutenant – Sink or Swim
(mark reeder’s rettungsring radio remix)
11 May68 – The Prisoner
(mark reeder’s runaway remix)
12 Die Toten Hosen – Disco
(mark reeder’s lange hosen remix)
13 Anne Clark – If…
(mark reeder’s seemingly forever remix)

Stereo CD 2

01 John Foxx – Underpass
(mark reeder’s dark, long & sinister remix)
02 Blank & Jones, Mark Reeder featuring Vanessa Daou – Heart of Wax
(heart of crystal mix)
03 Sam Taylor-Wood with The Pet Shop Boys – I’m in Love with a German Film Star
(mark reeder’s rias remix)
04 Echoes – Ice Cold
(mark reeder’s colder than ice remix)
05 Parralox – Sharper than a Knife
(mark reeder’s cutting edge remix)
06 Bad Lieutenant – Sink or Swim
(mark reeder’s waterwing remix)
07 Vanessa Daou – Black & White
(mark reeder’s monochrome mix)
08 Anne Clark – Full Moon
(mark reeder’s stairway to the stars remix)
09 Fidelity Kastrow – 21st Century Girl
(mark reeder’s strident remix edit)
10 Electrobelle – Falling
(mark reeder’s in your heart remix)
11 Bad Lieutenant – Twist of Fate
(mark reeder’s synth of fate remix)
12 Die Toten Hosen – Disco
(mark reeder’s kurze hosen remix)

Videos

01 marsheaux – so far
(mark reeder´s so close mix)
02 sam taylor-wood – german filmstar
(mark reeder´s rundfunk remix)
03 bad lieutenant – sink or swim
(mark reeder’s rettungsring remix edit)
04 john foxx – Underpass

You can read more about Mark and his illustrious history here where you can also pre order the package.

And here are some videos to tide you over…