With their EP triptych "Thee Church Ov Acid House Volume 1–3," Oliver Bradford and Jörn Elling Wuttke created a holy trinity of diverse dancefloor variations, a self-contained circle of rave history. In itself already a heavyweight statement, which they now crowned with “Bells & Whistles - Thee Remixes”. So to speak the quadrature of the circle.

And as with their original material, this release also reveals a profound knowledge of dance history in the selection of remixers - combined with the best of the here and now. 

The trip begins with Jamie Hodges' ( Born Under A Rhyming Planet ) version of “Acid House Planet”. Hodge was responsible for a number of legendary EPs on Richie Hawtin's Plus 8 label in the early 90s, which explored the deep poetry of techno music. In this sense his remix is also a delicate affair of rarely heard beauty. 

It continues with Cosmic Cars ( Pudel Produkte, Smallville, Bureau B ), who come along with a hypnotic, slow acid twister. 

Lennard Poschmann's aka O-Wells' version of “Rave Mantra”, on the other hand, is deep, digging bass techno for the darkest moments of the night. 

Kirk Degiorgio certainly needs no introduction, as a producer ( under numerous pseudonyms such as As One, Esoterik or Future/Past - to name but a few ) and label operator of Applied Rhythmic Technology ( ART ), he is one of the style-defining figures of British techno and electronica culture, from the early nineties to the present day. And his driving and elegiac version of “Theme” can certainly be regarded as one of the highlights of this remix album. 

And that brings us to the next two legends, this time from the local area. D-Man and Move-D have had a significant influence on dancefloor culture between Heidelberg and Mannheim since its inception. Their lysergic “Theme” remix, with Terrence McKenna vocals and acid twist in the middle, is an epic open air classic to come. 

Man Power also reactivates old acid house virtues for his trance-inducing remix of “Code Spirits”. Nine minimal minutes that mercilessly spiral their way into the listener's brain. Hrdvsion's version of “Waves Ov Power” is based on weightlessly bouncing breakbeats, providing fresh variety in the remix package. Go go go! 

And finally, there's Thee Church Ov Acid House themselves, who stretch the swinging groove of Tyson's “G Phunk”, far too short in the original, to almost six minutes. A groove that won't stop. 

These are the eight remixes that will be released on RAWAX, licensed by Pudel Produkte, in the form of two vinyl EP’s. 

The digital version of “Bells & Whistles”, which is released exclusively on Pudel Produkte, offers two more remixes. 

One is Richard Fearless' deep black bass techno remix of “Chapel Cottage”, a highlight of the first Thee Church Ov Acid House EP. And secondly, Roger 23's distorted industrial techno mutation of “Code Spirits”. 

And because these two remixes are way too good, for just a digital release a third vinyl EP with these and two other mixes is already being planned, which will bring the versatile album, now with all the bells and whistles, to a worthy close and turn the remix project into a triptych again. Amen. 

*Pudel Produkte