Elizabeth Shepherd - Besides

Review:
Following on from Start To Move, this is a collection of B-sides and remixes (geddit?), which put together some of our favourites from over there and over here.

Tracks that didn’t make the original album include some rather good cover versions like Lionel Hampton’s ‘Midnight Sun’ and Pierre Leduc’s ‘Soya’. The best of the lot is Chick Corea’s ‘Open Your Eyes’.

Whether it’s her own material or covering other songs, she’s got a great ability to include elements of soul, jazz, funk, blues, Latin and even lounge. Admittedly, the Jamie Cullemesque ‘One Trump Card’ sitting next to a spacey-house remix of ‘Circles’ is a bit of an odd pairing but Alister Johnson gets the feel just right. It’s also interesting to compare the trio version of ‘Just Getting By’ she did in session for Gilles Peterson and the transformation by Eddy Meets Yannah; love big strings and synths.

If you’re an impatient type, you’ll be heading straight for the Nostalgia 77 and Natural-Self remixes. ‘Start To Move’ is going to be the 12” release (with instrumental) together with three versions of ‘Reversed’ (including the Gilles Peterson Maida Vale version)

There’s a jazz-dance version of ‘George’s Dilema’ and the Nostalgia 77 one which is a suitable touch as when Ms. Shepherd was at the Jazz Café last year, those kings of the dancefloor, JazzCoTech did a video for ‘Four’ which is well worth a look (see below).

And talking of favourite remixes, Daisuke Tanabe (he of Burnt Progress 1.1 and Brownwood’s Elan Mehler) turns up again. This time with a leftfield broken b-box mix. Talkin’ of leftfield, Basic Soul Unit’s mix takes her vocals over the lake to Detroit!

Staying on the dancefloor, the album ends with yet another version of ‘Georgie Dilema’, this time Do Right go head to head with Earth Corporation.

Tracklist:
01. Midnight Sun
02. Reversed (Nostalgia 77 mix)
03. Just Getting By (Eddy Meets Yannah Mix)
04. One Trump Card
05. Cirlcles (Alister Johnson Mix)
06. George's Dilemma (Daisuke Tanabe Mix)
07. Open Your Eyes
08. Start to Move (Natural Self Mix)
09. Reversed ( Circle Research demo version)
10. George's Dilemma (Jazz -Dance Version)
11. Soya
12. Just Getting By (Live: Gilles Peterson BBC Radio 1)
13. Melon (Basic Soul Unit Mix)
14. George's Dilemma (Do Right Vs. Earth Corporation mix)

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