The beautifully packaged "Ode to a Beatbox" is a 4 track remix EP featuring reworkings by Mr G, Scsi 9 and EU. The record is pressedonto white vinyl which made me feel rather special before I had even played it... that is not to say things were to get any differentas I heard to the music within. The title track, "Original Alice Mix", starts with a simple downtempo beat, a deep bassline competingwith a meandering electric piano and ghostly, unintelligible whispers.
This is a wonderful intro to the EP and lays down the plot forthe other three tracks, which don't stray too far from the original theme. As the original track progresses, a timestretched hatenters the foray, and later a mesmerising synth tops everything off. Ace.Next up is the remix by Scsi 9, which starts with the jazzy noodlings from the first track backed by some soft clicks and whirrs,before dropping into a steady 4 on the floor beat, while a synth springs
around the drums. The track, more repetetive than the first,is constantly building, but never drops anything too substantial at once. I write this review at around 9pm, my room as empty as thedarkened garden outside, and I can't imagine a more perfect soundtrack. This track is the sky at night, a dark but calm journey tonowhere in particular.
Flipping the record over reveals two further mixes, the first of which is Mr G's "Downtempo Rubdown". The track gets straight to workwith a distinctly retro, reverberated beat, as high-pitched bells cascade into a the familiar bassline of the first track. Like theother tracks, there is an air of restrained melancholy to Mr G's mix, and as the track progressess the listener is slowly pulledfurther and further into the downtempo and ever-steady layers of sound;
before you know it the electric piano from the original isbrought back in, and you're there again, the whispers present once more, this is Milky Globe, enjoy your stay.

The closing track is "Greetings from EU", which opens with a slowed down version of the now instantly recognisable bassline, awashing synth and a beat as rigid as ever. Instead of the toneless whispers from before, we are presented with a strangely distortedand cut up female voice, a dirty synth rolls around, and the track continues with more and more chopped up vocal elements. It makesme think of a desert or something, and the EP finishes in a swirl of sliced speech and dusty synths.This is a brilliant release. The tracks do not differ a great deal, but the original idea is such a good one they have no reason to.

I recommend this to anyone with a pair of ears and a spare 20 minutes.

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