The Knife - 'Marble House' (Brille) Released 12/02/07

'Marble House' is a stand-out cut from its mother album, 'Silent Shout'. Most of The Knife's album had an icy, electro sheen, whereas Marble House sounds looser; you could belly-dance to it. Rex The Dog dresses this piece of lamb as mutton, or piece of puppy as dog, for those of you who saw the BBC's recent Korean dog-eating documentary. Rex t'dog's remixes speed the thing up to annoying effect.

Booka Shade deviate furthest from the original template, bringing Marble House closer to the rest of Silent Shout – definitely one for deviant dancefloors. Elsewhere, the stripped down Planning To Rock remix sounds like it was recorded in a church, so the line "I raise my hands to heaven" takes on extra significance. Maybe a couple of hundred years ago classy baroque like this would have been danceable. In contrast, the Emperor Machine remix is very now, sounding busy after all the squelchy tinkering. Given his TV On The Radio day-job, the David Sitek remix is as scuzzy as you might expect and he's done well with the seventh version of Marble House.

Listen to this package all the way through and the lyrics will stick with you...
"Say it again"
"Say it again" etc.