Mut@ge.Mix@ge

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Remix album by
Front 242
Released1995
Genre Electronica, Goa trance
Length72:38
Label Red Rhino
Producer Daniel Bressanutti, Patrick Codenys
Front 242 chronology
Live Code
(1994)
Mut@ge.Mix@ge
(1995)
Re-Boot: Live '98
(1998)

Mut@ge.Mix@ge is an album by Front 242, [1] released in 1995, a collection of both previously released and new material, some remixed by notable Electronica bands of the genre. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
CMJ positive [2]
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Vox magazine gave Mut@ge.Mix@ge a positive review, referring to the release as a "sabbatical stopgap' that "[errs] on the side of quiet ambience while managing to convey the menace of the Front's campaign." [3] CMJ observes that "new school meets old school and the groove wins out" with this release and that "electronic music aficionados should find this album a tasty brew." [2]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Rhythm of Time" (Messengers of Neptune Mix by The Orb) 
2."Happiness" (Dub Mix by Underworld) 
3."Gripped by Fear" (Bunkerclub Mix by Rico Conning) 
4."Mixed by Fear" 
5."Crapage" (The Float or Sink Mix by The Orb) 
6."Junkdrome" 
7."Religion" (Bass Under Siege Mix by The Prodigy) 
8."Happiness" (Dance Mix by Underworld) 
9."Break Me" (female) 
10."Rhythm of Time" (Victor the Cleaner Mix by The Orb) 
11."Dancesoundtrackmusic" (d.s.m.) 
12."Religion" (Trance U Down Mix by The Prodigy) 

(Tracks 2, 5, 8 previously unreleased)

Personnel

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