Coppé - ( -)Tweaked - CD

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In 2022, after 27 years and 18 albums of tireless experiments and collaborations in Electronic music, Coppé (“The Godmother of Japanese Electronica”) surprised everyone with her first “conventional” full-live band album of lounge-jazz standards, called *(Un-)tweaked.

Forced out of the usual club venues and opportunities to experiment with her usual Electronic producer buddies throughout the 2020-21 Covid Lockdown period, Coppé and her guitarist brother, Hiro, rekindled their love of classic jazz, with Coppé finally having the time to fulfil a promise to Hiro of one-day releasing a full-band album of Jazz standards with him - under one condition: She can follow it with an Electronic remixed version with her usual buddies. 

And so, 2024 finally sees the follow-up release of *(   -)Tweaked. A collection of radical and experimental remixes & interpretations of the nine standards from *(Un-)tweaked. by a cast of acclaimed Electronic veteran acts, plus a selection of new & emerging talent. 

Previous long-standing collaborators & remixers, Plaid, Atom™ and Nikakoi return to offer trusted new perspectives on the their respective tracks. Legends Luke Vibert, Frank Bretschneider and Michael Fakesch (of pioneering German glitch-hop duo, Funkstörung) all make their debut on a Coppé release. While the new talents of Noayama (son of Michael Fakesch), Sonny-Boy Anderson (son of The Designers Republic™’s founder, Ian Anderson), GIZAT and Procrastinatrix are all given opportunity to experiment with their debut remixes across the rest of the album and its assorted bonus tracks.

01.  Fever (Atom™ Remix)

02. Satin Doll (Plaid Remix)

03. Ajisai (Nikakoi Remix)

04. My Funky Valentine (Luke Vibert Remix)

05. Cry Me A River (DJ Kensei Remix)

06. Lullaby Of Birdland (Michael Fakesch Remix)

07. How Insensitive (Noayama Remix)

08. You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To (Frank Bretschneider Remix)

09. The Good Life (Coppé + Tone. + Malek Remix)

10. My Funny Valentine (Sonny-Boy Anderson & GIZAT Rework)* - Bonus Remix

Original versions produced by Coppé & Jakey. Mixed by Jakey. Mastered by Marc Urselli

from the 2022 full-band, lounge-jazz album, *(Un-)tweaked. Original full-band line-up:

Coppé – Vocals / Jacob Koller – Piano / Frederic Viennot – Keys / Jeff Curry – Bass 

Zak Bond – Drums / Hiro Hasegawa – Guitar.

Photography by Frederic Viennot. Artwork & Design by The Designers Republic™