Remix Stories Vol. 2

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Remix Stories Vol. 2
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Released6 April 2009
Genre Electronic
Label Surrender All
Producer UNKLE
Unkle chronology
Remix Stories Vol. 1
(2008)
Remix Stories Vol. 2
(2009)
Heavy Drug (Surrender Sounds Mix)
(2009)

Remix Stories Vol. 2 is an EP released by Unkle. It is the second in a series of unreleased remixes from their albums War Stories and End Titles... Stories for Film . The EP was released on Beatport and vinyl on 6 April 2009, though the vinyl version was limited to 150 copies. [1] The digital version contains all the songs from the vinyl version, as well as 6 additional remixes. [2]

Contents

Track listing

Vinyl version

Digital version

  1. "Trouble in Paradise (Variation on a Theme)" (Carl Craig C2 Mix) – 10:05
  2. "Hold My Hand" (Innervisions Orchestra Dub Mix) – 8:17
  3. "Hold My Hand" (Innervisions Orchestra Instrumental) – 8:19
  4. "Heaven" (King Unique Remix) – 9:45
  5. "Heaven" (King Unique Bass Bliss Dub) – 3:47
  6. "Heaven" (King Unique Acapella) – 3:28
  7. "Trouble in Paradise (Variation on a Theme)" (Fergie Excentric Mix) – 9:16
  8. "Keys to the Kingdom" (Lee Coombs Remix) – 5:33 [3]

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