Fast And Cheap Mixes is the 2010 remix album project by HK119

HK119

HK119 is the alter ego of Finnish multimedia artist, singer and recording artist Heidi Kilpeläinen, who lives and works in London, UK.-Career:...

. The album is a collection of remixes of tracks from her 2008 album Fast, Cheap And Out Of Control

Fast, Cheap and Out of Control (album)

Fast, Cheap and Out of Control is the 2008 follow-up album to HK119's 2006 eponymous debut. The album was released through One Little Indian Records on 28 September 2008 in the United Kingdom....

, after all the tracks were made available in their individual parts via HK119's official website as part of a competition for anyone to submit their own remixes of the tracks to be considered for a later release.

London-based Electronica

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 netlabel

Netlabel

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 Bit-Phalanx

Bit-Phalanx

Bit-Phalanx is a Netlabel based in London, which started as an artists and events management for unsigned performing and recording artists within the Electronic music genre in 2006. By 2008, Bit-Phalanx found themselves with a roster of around 12 acts, and made initial plans to upgrade to a...

 commissioned its entire roster of artists to remix one of the tracks each and compiled their own remix album of the Fast, Cheap And Out Of Control

Fast, Cheap and Out of Control (album)

Fast, Cheap and Out of Control is the 2008 follow-up album to HK119's 2006 eponymous debut. The album was released through One Little Indian Records on 28 September 2008 in the United Kingdom....

 tracks. The original intention was for Bit-Phalanx to release the album through their own netlabel

Netlabel

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, but the album quickly caught the attention of One Little Indian Records

One Little Indian Records

One Little Indian Records is a London-based independent record label that rose from the ashes of punk record company Spiderleg Records. It was set up in 1985 by members of various anarchist punk bands, and managed by ex-Flux of Pink Indians Derek Birkett. The first success came with A.R. Kane and...

, who offered to give the album an official digital release in 2010.

The 11 remixes that feature on the album all cover very different areas of the Electronica

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 genre. Including dubstep

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, acid

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, IDM

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, Electro, Drum and bass

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, abstract, ambient and Electro-acoustic

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.

On 4 December 2009, online music magazine Wears The Trousers gave away a free 6-minute megamix

Megamix

A megamix is a medley remix containing multiple songs in rapid succession. There may be only one verse or even just a brief chorus of each song used, sometimes in addition to samples of the same or other songs. There may also be some elements of bastard pop in some, though not as much as a mashup...

 mp3 featuring selections from each remix on the album, as part of the magazine's weekly 'Free Music Friday.

On 7 December 2009, Bit-Phalanx released a free bonus 7-track EP of additional remixes of the track "C'est La Vie". The original track was issued as Fast, Cheap And Out Of Controls lead single, and was specifically omitted from Fast And Cheap Mixes to make more of a feature out of the EP, which included mixes from other guest artists as well as other remixes from acts featured on the album.

In January 2010, Fast And Cheap Mixes received an exclusive first digital release through the Bleep.com

Bleep.com

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 digital store. The album went on general release through all usual digital retail stores on April 26, 2010, in conjunction with Bit-Phalanx's final free EP of bonus remixes for the track "Space Pt.1".

Track listing

1. "Mind (Martin Phone's Bad Tempered Klavier Rexim)" − 5:14
2. "Clone (Cloned by Niggle)" − 3:16
3. "Super Bug (Same Actor Remix)" − 4:06
4. "Tropikalia (T-toe's Claps And Bones Remix)" − 5:25
5. "Space Pt.1 (IJO's Bardak Remix)" - 4:53
6. "What Am I (Portmanteau Remix)" − 5:55
7. "Night (Mr O's RSI Remix)" − 2:50
8. "Space Pt.2 (Tulin-Fée's Tulin Seule Remix)" − 4:16
9. "Liberty (Odan's Isaiah Berlin Remix)" − 2:30
10. "Celeb (Hector Osbert's Smashing A Rock In Haris Pilton's Face Remix)" − 5:24
11. "Divine (Jilk's Elea Remix)" - 4:10

(Track 10 features backing vocals from cult Bristish folk singer, Mara Carlyle

Mara Carlyle

Mara Carlyle is an English singer-songwriter and arranger who also plays the musical saw and the ukulele. She was raised in Shropshire, England and now lives in London.-Career:...

.)

Singles/EPs

In addition to the One Little Indian Records

One Little Indian Records

One Little Indian Records is a London-based independent record label that rose from the ashes of punk record company Spiderleg Records. It was set up in 1985 by members of various anarchist punk bands, and managed by ex-Flux of Pink Indians Derek Birkett. The first success came with A.R. Kane and...

 release of the Fast And Cheap Mixes

Fast and Cheap Mixes

Fast And Cheap Mixes is the 2010 remix album project by HK119. The album is a collection of remixes of tracks from her 2008 album Fast, Cheap And Out Of Control, after all the tracks were made available in their individual parts via HK119's official website as part of a competition for anyone to...

 album, Bit-Phalanx

Bit-Phalanx

Bit-Phalanx is a Netlabel based in London, which started as an artists and events management for unsigned performing and recording artists within the Electronic music genre in 2006. By 2008, Bit-Phalanx found themselves with a roster of around 12 acts, and made initial plans to upgrade to a...

 released two bonus remix EPs of new and exclusive remixes in addition to the album, as free downloads from their own website, and under the Bit-Phalanx

Bit-Phalanx

Bit-Phalanx is a Netlabel based in London, which started as an artists and events management for unsigned performing and recording artists within the Electronic music genre in 2006. By 2008, Bit-Phalanx found themselves with a roster of around 12 acts, and made initial plans to upgrade to a...

 label.

As well as new mixes from remixes already featured on the album, the C'est La Vie and Space Pt. 1 EPs featured especially invited artists, not on the Bit-Phalanx

Bit-Phalanx

Bit-Phalanx is a Netlabel based in London, which started as an artists and events management for unsigned performing and recording artists within the Electronic music genre in 2006. By 2008, Bit-Phalanx found themselves with a roster of around 12 acts, and made initial plans to upgrade to a...

label.

• HK119 vs. Bit-Phalanx - "C'est La Vie" (Bit-Phalanx Music - BITPEP001DL) (Independently released free download EP, December 2009.)

1. "C'est La Vie (Jash's Mushroom Brew Remix)"
2. "C'est La Vie (Mr O's Tyrant Load Remix)"
3. "C'est La Vie (Douce Angoisse's Barbu Girl Remix)"
4. "C'est La Vie (Topher's Life And Everything Therein Remix)"
5. "C'est La Vie (Martin Phone's Ten Hertz Snare Remix)"
6. "C'est La Vie (T-toe's Dub)"
7. "C'est La Vie (K21's Masters Of The World Remix)"

• HK119 vs. Bit-Phalanx - "Space Pt.1" (Bit-Phalanx Music - BITPEP004DL) (Independently released free download EP, April 2010.)

1. "Space Pt.1 (Timothy A.D. Remix)"
2. "Space Pt.1 (Martin Phone's European Antilobster Rexim)"
3. "Space Pt.1 (Jilk's Homeless Remix)"
4. "Space Pt.1 (Jash's Lysergic Summer Dream Remix)"
5. "Space Pt.1 (T-toe's 33 Lightyear Trip Remix)"
6. "Space Pt.1 (Niggle's Moonsteppa Remix)"
7. "Space Pt.1 (Microphyst's Tesco Shampoo Remix)"