Mushroomhead – Remix 2000 (2002)

January 2, 2021

I never realised how truly rare Remix 2000 was until recently. Fuck knows where my copy is, probably buried under some junk in the attic. Anyway, Remix 2000 builds on the original Remix CD that came out in 1997, and features – how did you guess? – remixes of Mushroomhead tracks from the first two records.

There’s probably nothing of value here if you’re not a huge Mushroomhead fan, but its worth noting that the remix of the already disturbing “Mommy” turns the track into an unrecognisable and incredibly spooky dark house movement. The isolated keyboard lines to “The Wrist” are added to and expanded into a full piece on the excellent “Hand Of Solo” mix, and the closing track “Bwomp (Nord Mix)” is to me, the definitive version of “Bwomp”, with completely re-recorded vocals from J Mann and screeching, piercing synthesiser stabs which give the whole lurching epic a startling sense of urgency.

No Waylon. No lazy-ass redneck metal. Straight up remixed avant-garde shit of old.