Air - Everybody Hertz: 10,000 HZ Legend Remixes (2002)

After dazzling all and sundry with their lusciously sublime 1997 debut Moon Safari, Air promptly confused a good portion of those listeners with the dark and dense follow-up, 10,000 Hz. Legend. But it was inevitable; either they returned with Moon Safari Pt. II, which probably would've far outsold 10,000 Hz. Legend but also burdened them with the tag of redundant. Instead, they took the Radiohead route and pleased the critics, a move that'll more than likely benefit their career in the long run.

Now to further cloud the waters, Air are releasing this remixed take on 10,000 Hz. Legend, which sees a laundry list of the underground's most lauded sonic re-interpreters to create hi-tech takes on three of that album's songs: "Don't Be Light," "How Does it Make You Feel?" and "People in the City."

Daft Punkster Thomas Banglater turns "Don't Be Light" into quite the grandiose '70s prog-rock mini-epic, complete with a fuzzed-out guitar solo worthy of Hawkwind. Mr. Oizo goes the minimal electro route on the same tune while The Neptunes find a catchy hook in their inimitable, funky pop style and run with it. The Hacker just turns on the classic New Order preset and churns out something that could be called "Blue Wednesday Afternoon.""People in the City" is transformed into an earnest lounge ballad courtesy of Modjo, "How Does it Make You Feel?" takes a trip into deep dub environs via Adrian Sherwood and it all ends on a mellow new track, "The Way You Look Tonight." For the completists.