For a record with so many loops and so much repetition "Running in circles, chasing your own tale" is a particularly apt lyric. It's an album which features no fewer than seven remixes of the same song.
With contributions from Italy, Sweden, Brazil and Russia there's a global flavour to sounds which mostly owe much to disco music of the 70s and 80s.
Ummagma are a husband and wife duo from Ukraine and Canada respectively. Alexx Kretov provides the beats and Shauna McLarnon adds the voice.
The dream pop original of Lama lasts five minutes while a luminous Theatre of Delays "Emo-house' makeover shaves almost a minute off the running time.
A squelchy dancey version by the wonderfully named Irregular Disco Workers Acid Feel prolongs the tune by almost three minutes and radically cuts McLarnon's vocal part in the process.
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This is clearly not a record you'd want to listen to from start to finish unless you're doing a personal compare and contrast exercise (or writing a review!)
Still each remix is different enough to justify the diverse treatments and means that you can dip into with the expectation of a slightly fresh mood each time.
Of course, if you don't like the song in the first place you're stymied.
Ummagma's website
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