Giardini Di Mirò
The Academic Rise Of Falling Drifters

THE REVIEW

With this album, Giardini di Mirò also enter the world of collaborations and remixes. As can be inferred from the title, it involves the previous album (which, incidentally, left critics and Italian fans of post-rock thrilled) "Rise and Fall of Academic Drifting".

Each track has been reinterpreted in a decidedly techno style by artists scattered across Europe, such as the German Nitrada, alias Christopher Stoll, who gifts us a little gem in the style of Telefon Tel Aviv with the remix of the song The Beauty Tape Rider.
Interesting is also the work done on the previous single Trompsø is OK, which for the occasion transforms into Torso is KO-mix, by Keni Mok, giving it a true dance inclination... let's hope we don't find ourselves in a disco dancing to the notes of the Cavriago group!
Slightly disappointing is the "Opiate Version" of Pearl Harbor, confirming its slow and at times boring pace as it was originally... I personally expected a "revival" of this piece.

Noteworthy is the rearrangement for Little Victories (Dntel), where delicate flutes practically replace the strings, giving a more symphonic tone to the track, while Penguin Serenade goes absolutely unnoticed: no change to the song's structure by the British duo Isan.
The reworking of Rise and Fall of Academic Drifting by J. Ruddy (errorEncountered) sounds very trip-hop and closes the CD, just like the original album.

In conclusion, this all-white box set, with mysterious geographical coordinates on the cover, is not bad at all and deservedly secures its place in the rest of the discography; the remixers have indeed shown they can surprise, except for some predictable and monotonous choices (try listening to the opening track A new start).

To listen to a bit of the album or read interviews with the remixers, a mini website has also been created (www.falling-drifters.com).