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So brilliantly cool! I literally listen to hundreds of holiday albums each year (seriously!), and it's tough to find one that rocks me off my feet. Holiday Remixed fills the bill. This compilation provides over an hour of highly inventive electronica--this is synthesized music with a dynamic dance beat and a distinctive holiday flavor. Bravo!

Clearly, Holiday Remixed will not be everyone's cup of tea. This is more like eggnog on acid, a heady brew of sassy and sophisticated computerized magic. The sound is exciting, exotic, and addictive, and it manages enough holiday character to retain its Christmas music classification. Listening to Holiday Remixed is an exhilirating adventure; it occasionally takes side trips down some scary roads (Lil' Drummer Boy is one example), but the destination is always good. The percussive explosiveness of Mudfish's Los Peces en el Rio had me mesmerized from the first bar and bouncing all over the room. In general, I thought the album's first half was superior to the second, although the entire offering is dynamite.

Looking for synthesized solace in the Mistletoe Lounge this Christmas season? Look no further--Holiday Remixed will rock your world.

--Carol Swanson
(Reviewed in 2006)

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From the liner notes:

A collection of both classics & new holiday songs reworked by some of the best in the New Style Lounge scene. Infused with elements of nu jazz, deephouse, discohouse and drum & bass, these songs take on a new life to provide a sexy, soulful excursion that will definitely take the chill out of the winter season. Pop this CD in the player, pour a holiday cocktail and get your groove on! Courtesy of the fine DJ's at the Mistletoe Lounge.

Produced by: DeAnna and James Cool & Jason Rimmer

Various Artists

Holiday Remixed

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