XI versions of Black Noise

After years of rarely hearing Pantha's singular style deconstructed, he issues this remix album, with help from Animal Collective and Four Tet.

At first, the track listing for XI Versions Of Black Noise seems deliberately confounding. Much of the remix album is devoted to reworking only two tracks from the German producer-DJ’s 2010 minimalist techno breakthrough, Black Noise. And the guest list is glaringly light on crossover appeal, featuring German house…

There are all sorts of reasons I probably shouldn't have asked to write this review.