This is a pretty good release from Get Physical. All of us are able to remember what this track meant a few years ago… it was one of a kind and it surely deserves this remixed editions – and what a remixers! I’ll advice you the Robag Wruhme’s track in the first Ep, if you like his typical work you’ll surely appreciate all the deep strong synth lines that he inputs in the track! One of a kind. Also the remix done by Audiofly X is well above the average, with great minimal patterns, very subtle, a great one!
In the 2nd Ep Matt John presents his twisted mind with an acid Superman floating around, he is a producer known around the world and this remix shows, once again, why. To end you have Reboot’s work, a low profile remix, reminding us some Cadenza experiences in the past very successful.
So if you’re from those times, the Superman’s times, I’ll advice you this one, it’s an edition that bookmarks this amazing track, a collector’s must have.

Release Notes: “It remains one of the greatest and most inspiring blips in the all too predictable curve of pop history: that a song as groundbreaking, artistically daring and downright strange as ‘O Superman’ could become a mega-selling worldwide hit, known and loved by the average guy on the street as well as by the hipsters, musos, academics and art types that you might expect. The work of Chicago-born, New York-based performance artist and composer Laurie Anderson, ‘O Superman’ became a no. 2 hit in the British pop charts upon its release in 1981; as a result, Anderson received a level of exposure and fame previously thought impossible for an avant-garde artist. Now, Get Physical are proud to present six remixes of this futuristic, curiously emotive classic across two 12″s.

The first of the two 12’s features versions by Matt John, M.A.N.D.Y. vs Booka Shade and Reboot. Those people who best remember Matt John for his seminal, ultra-minimal 12’s on Perlon and Underl_ne will perhaps be surprised by the fat, thrillingly direct approach he takes on his ‘O Superman’ mix. It retains some of his signature tics and tricks – haunting effects which seem almost to contract and expand the air around you, and nervy, minutely edited percussion – but augments them with steamrolling drum breaks and a killer, endlessly shape-shifting acid line. This is a dancefloor oddity that no DJ will want to be without, which like Anderson’s original manages to mesh the experimental and the entertaining in an altogether unexpected and inviting way. M.A.N.D.Y. and Booka Shade’s version is an irresistible four-to-the-floor workout which makes wonderful use of the original’s famous ‘Ah-ah-ah-ah’ vocal and vocoder sounds, placing them over a rubbery bassline and galloping drum
rhythm that recall the disco and punk-funk prevalent in Anderson’s New York at the time of the release of ‘O Superman’. This is a forward-thinking, club-ready track that also makes its source material explicit, combining Anderson’s ‘81 vision of the future with a more contemporary sense of wonder, not to mention production class. Reboot, aka Frank Heinrich, responsible for the recent ‘Be Tougher’ 12″ on Luciano’s Cadenza imprint, turns out the third and final reinterpretation of ‘O Superman’ on this first of two remix 12″s. This Reboot mix is spaced-out but dancefloor-moving dub-house, dressed with Latin-tinged percussion and a deep bassline that builds and builds before those vocodered vocal harmonies bubble to the surface for a wonderfully languid, psychedelic finale

The second remix 12″ is kicked off by Audiofly X, no strangers to the Get Physical roster. They offer a lean, lithe minimal techno rendering of ‘O Superman’, which like Reboot’s remix withholds Anderson’s vocal for as long as possible before releasing it in a heart-stopping breakdown towards the track’s
end. Felix Da Housecat, one of dance music’s larger-than-life characters, proffers a larger-than-life remix, doubling and re-doubling the ‘Ah-ah-ah-ah’ refrain, underpinning it with gushing, dramatic strings and ominous piano notes. Really, though, it’s all about the killer synthesizer stab which functions as the main riff, ricocheting off a tough kickdrum and snare pattern that’ll reduce dancefloors to rapturous rubble. Rounding off the package is a remix from Robag Wruhme, one half of the inimitable Wighnomy Brothers. It’s a masterpiece of editing, as Wruhme constructs a shimmering minimal techno fantasia, full of microscopic movement and detail. Its elegant design really becomes apparent with the arrival of a plaintive piano figure that brings all the pathos of Anderson’s original intothe heart of the club.”

Tracklist Vinyl 1:
a1 – Matt John Remix
a2 – Original
b1 – Reboot’s 20 Cubans Rework

Tracklist Vinyl 2:
a1 – Audiofly X Remix
b1 – Felix Da Housecat Remix
b2 – Robag’s Pumper-Nikkel Rmks

Release Date: October 1st, 2008