This 58-minute disc takes four of the tracks from the
Yoko Ono/IMA album
Rising -- "Talking to the Universe," "Ask the Dragon," "Where Do We Go from Here," and "Rising" -- and assigns remix duties to, respectively,
Cibo Matto,
Ween,
Tricky, and
Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore. Of course, "remix" is a restrained word for what the remixers do. For example,
Cibo Matto adds two drum sets, extra keyboards and samples, and a rap by
Miho Hatori to "Talking to the Universe," resulting in an extensively revised version of the song.
Gene and
Dean Ween and
Andrew Weiss also play along with "Ask the Dragon," retaining only
Yoko Ono's arch spoken vocal. The album also includes "The Source," credited to ABA Allstars, who are led by
the Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch, which contains some of
Ono's patented screaming, and the 30-minute "Franklin Summer," which is not a special mix, but rather a new soundscape by
Ono and IMA consisting of her ululating voice (and, halfway in, some improvised singing), acoustic guitars, and percussion.