Elevators and Oscillators is an album of halves that isn't sequenced as such. Six tracks are new, while the other seven are remixes of tracks that originally appeared on 2002's various-artists Disco Nouveau compilation and 2004's
Apples + Synthesizers. The 13 tracks are arranged to make the disc sound less like the hodgepodge it is and more like a proper album, which is remarkable since the rather distinct remixes and new productions shouldn't really fit together. A couple remixes steal the show:
Legowelt's look at "My Radio" (technically a cover) turns the teary-eyed electro-pop of the original into weary, dispassionate EBM à la
D.A.F., and
Alter Ego's remix of "Think Like Us" is irresistible electro-glam. ~ Andy Kellman