King Biscuit Time - Kwangchow

  by Maarten Schiethart

published: 29 / 3 / 2006

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Review

As per usual several formats are available for the second teaser single for King Biscuit's forthcoming album 'Black Gold'. 'Tears Dry' is the B-side of the 7" vinyl single and the track to go for if you're not into the remixes, which appear on the CD single. Typically a B-side, it doesn't make sense in the context of the CD single upon which it also appears, nor on the album. 'Kwangchow' is a gentle love song ; it might scrape the bottom of the charts! Not because of the chaotic remix by Doctors of Love which ruins the subtlety with hammering piano chords. That mix gets a bit better towards the end though. Remixheads should go for the Suicide D.O.G.Z. Faudel's Hash Den version. That's a dub version actually with a pace that suits the languish a little better. Whereas the original shows vulnerability opposing a gutsy melody, the last mix leaves out those great hooks and chorus breaks and adds minimal dub yet it works.

Track Listing:-

1 Kwangchow
2 Tears Dry
3 Kwangchow (Doctors Of Love Remix)
4 Kwangchow (Suicide D.O.G.Z - Faudels Hash Den Remix)