Offer Nissim Set 2 Release Remix Album

Israeli DJ/Producer/Remixer Offer Nissim is set to release a remix album simply titled "Remixed" on January 27, 2009. The remix collection is a 2 disc set.

Disc 1 contains remixes of some of Offer Nissim and Maya Simantov's earlier singles by other remixers. None of these mixes have been released previously on singles or other compilations. Some have been availabe at the digital retailers. Overall, a number of the mixes are Electro/House in style. Some of the highlights include Peter Rauhofer's mostly instrumental take on "Happy People", Ana Paula's reworking of "Love Me" with those lush strings and the Zoltan Kontes remix of "Only You."

Disc 2 contains the original versions of the last six Maya songs, including "For Your Love", "Wish You Were Here", "I'm In Love", "Happy People", "Why" and "Love Me", plus the new Epiphony track, "Out Of My Skin", the Symphony Extreme track "Remember My Name", which is based on the classic "Fame", Offer's new instrumental entitled "Bimbo" and Offer's revisit to Dana International's "Petra." Noticeably missing are the new tracks with Maya including "Hook Up" and "You'll Never Know How" and the two new covers of "I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten" and "Believe" with vocals by Hila Davidson (Symphony Extreme) and Meital De Razon (Epiphony), respectively. The new Epiphony track "Out Of My Skin" is one of his stronger works to date without Maya on vocals. Meital's vocal performance is quite good. The Symphony Extreme track "Remember My Name" is mostly instrumental, however the few vocals by Hila are decent. This one may have worked better with more vocals. The other instrumental, "Bimbo" is pretty good too. Really energetic. Some of the instrumental elements call to mind Offer's mix of "Ze She'Shomer Alay" from last year. The updated mix of Dana International's "Petra" is really good. Only some of the vocals from the original are used. The production fits extremely well.

Here is the official track listing for "Remixed":

Disc 1:
01 Happy People (Peter Rauhofer Remix)
02 Heartbreaking (Agent Greg Remix)
03 Im In Love (Etienne Ozborne Remix)
04 Perfect Love (DJ Fist Remix)
05 For Your Love (Sied Van Riel Remix)
06 Only You (Zoltan Kontes Remix)
07 First Time (Etienne Ozborne & R.O.R. Remix)
08 Rain (Leo Blanco & Santy Lafonte Remix)
09 Love Me (Ana Paula Remix)
10 Why (Agent Greg Remix)

Disc 2:
01 Out Of My Skin (Original Mix)
02 Remember My Name (Original Mix)
03 Petra (Offer Nissim Reconstruction Mix)
04 Im In Love (Original Mix)
05 Happy People (Original Mix)
06 Wish You Were Here (Original Mix)
07 Bimbo (Original Mix)
08 For Your Love (Original Mix)
09 Love Me (Original Mix)
10 Why (Original Mix)

All tracks on both CDs are full length, and totally unmixed. Physical editions of the collection are available at the Star 69 website. Digital downloads of the discs individually are available there too.