Wish You Were Here Again (or is it: A Quick One While He's Away?)

As all of y'all can imagine, because some of y'all know that the One Buck Guy rolls like that, we are not quite done with Pink Floyd's classic album Wish You Were Here, freshly re-imagined around these parts, yet. What we have here is a little bonus, not from the Floyd, but from the archives of Mojo Magazine, who brought out one of their well-compiled tribute discs to go along with their Pink Floyd cover story (I still remember its slightly sensationalist byline - "'We were a cruel bunch...' sez the Floydsters in the subtitle). It's one of their best, because it actually covers two Pink Floyd discs, the first half Return To The Dark Side Of The Moon covering their 1973 commercial highpoint and Wish You Were Here Again, well, you know. 

Surprisingly, I like that second half better than the first one, despite the bands on return being closer to my beloved Americana and indie rock, while Again taps into electronic music, in which I am highly selective. But the run through the five Wish tracks by electronic artist both old (pioneer John Foxx, here with The Maths) and new (Beak>, Malachai, Lia Ices). But, when I say I'm picky, I mean it, so I picked only the choice cuts and moments. Some of the electronic tracks were running a big long and getting repetitive, so I cut these down, and finally ended up turning the entire tribute album into a single mix of around 17 minutes, credited to The Mojo Reboot All-Stars. So, indeed a quick one while I'm away. 

If you are absolutely allergic to electronic and beats-based music this is obviously not for you, but if you can groove along to synths and club beats, then by all means check this out. Thesections are the original five compositions in original order (Shine Pt. 1, Welcome, Cigar, Wish, Shine Pt.2), the order of featured artists are: Malachai, Beak>, John Foxx And The Maths, Lia Ices and The Orb), though to start the mix I smuggled a bit of 'Syd's theme' in right at the very beginning.

This is really a quick chaser for the feast that (hopefullly) was the main course of this weekend's alt album. Though a bit out of the wheelhouse from what I usually post here, it might surprise you by sneaking into your musical heart, as it sneakily did with mine. Shine On, You Crazy Tribute Folks...