''TKOL RMX 1234567'' is a

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of songs from the album ''

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'' (2011) by the English rock band

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. It was released on 16 September 2011 in Japan and on 10 October 2011 internationally by

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. The album compiles a series of ''King of Limbs'' remix singles by electronic artists including Jamie xx,

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and SBTRKT. The album and singles were also released as

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through Radiohead's website. Radiohead said they wanted to allow the music to "mutate" by giving it to other artists to remix. ''TKOL RMX'' received mainly positive reviews.

Singles

On 6 June 2011, Radiohead announced a series of remixes from their eighth album, ''

,'' by various artists. The singer,

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, said Radiohead wanted to experiment with the music further by giving it to other artists to remix, and liked the idea that it was not "fixed and set in stone". He praised

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, and said: "I didn’t just want floor-fillers and all that shit, I just wanted to see how the songs could really branch out and mutate." The drummer,

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, told BBC 6 Music he felt ''The King of Limbs ''was the Radiohead album that lent itself best to remixing. The first seven remixes were released as either

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s on 12-inch vinyl singles through

on Radiohead's Ticker Tape Ltd. imprint label, and are compiled on ''TKOL RMX 1234567''. The eighth single, ''TKOL RMX8'', was finished too late for inclusion on the album and was released as a

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. A remix of "Bloom" by Jamie xx, previously released on the ''TKOL RMX8 ''single'', ''was released as a vinyl single on 23 January 2012.

Release

''TKOL RMX ''was released as a download on Radiohead's website in MP3 and

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formats. The retail version was released on 16 September 2011 in Japan and 10 October in other countries. Radiohead celebrated the release with a live event at London's Corsica Studios on 11 October, with DJs including Yorke and contributing remix artists Jamie xx, Caribou, Lone and Illum Sphere. The event was streamed by Boiler Room. ''TKOL RMX'' reached number five on the US ''Billboard'' Dance/Electronic Albums chart.

Critical reception

''TKOL RMX'' has an aggregate score of 67 on

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, indicating "generally favourable reviews".

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said it was "fascinating to hear how this current crop of producers ... twists, bends, adjusts, and appropriates the source material". ''

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''felt "the best of these remixes excite and innovate in ways their 'King of Limbs''counterparts didn't". However, the ''

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'' wrote that the album "feels less like an album than an info dump" and questioned "the utility in commissioning Four Tet and Caribou to rework songs that already sound a bit like Four Tet and Caribou". ''Pitchfork'' found it "listenable but ultimately bloodless".

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. Remix and additional production * Anstam *

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* Ryan Hunn * Ernestas Kausylas * David Kennedy * Lone *

* René Pawlowitz * Mark Pritchard *

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* Mike Sadatmousavi * SBTRKT * Jamie Smith * Darren J. Cunningham Artwork * Wildwood *

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Charts

References

Notes

External links

The King of Limbs online store
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