CARL CRAIG & MORITZ VON OSWALD - Recomposed: Music By Maurice Ravel & Modest Mussorgsky

Patient, precise, full-frequency-conscious and detail-oriented like the respective production work of both men (Craig and von Oswald, that is!), the "Intro" to these reworkings of von Karajan-conducted multitracks is an ambient, New Age-y treatment of/substitute for an orchestra tune-up, followed by a marching snare sample and staccato horns sending the listener from "Movement I" to "Movement II"'s tension-building quickening and modulations of the pulse. The first generic inklings of tech-house then leak in (filter sweeps, double-time hi-hat), easing us into that inevitable 4/4 kick. Softening focus for the last half-hour, fans of recent longform electronic excursions from Villalobos to 45:33 can bask in these rarefied concert-hall cut-ups.