unbelievable. Only 2 seconds into the Mike Parker remix and there is the stupid boring "springey sound" (for lack of a better word) again. In 95% of his tunes he has to use that dumb sound. Can this guys honest to god just stop making the same type of tune ALL THE TIME ??? Bloody hell man, talk about repeating yourself... ugh !

While I do see where my fellow reviewer here is coming from, I'd have to disagree with his opinion. As a long time follower and fan of Steve Bicknell's tight and compressed approach to techno, I find his remix absolutely worthy of the might LOST legacy. His take on Teste's classic has everything you'd ever want from a Bicknell tune: tight as hell drums, amazing hi-hat fare, pounding toms in the background... Basically, wall to wall locked groove fiesta. Sure enough, this isn't everyone's thing, but I for one am grateful that Steve has stayed true to his roots and delivers the goods like he used to. If you have heard his most recent on Cosmic, or the remix he did for The Fishermen, you ought to dig this as well. The departure from the original is apparent from the kick off note. However, that hardly makes this a lackluster effort. If you're into that restrained, tough and clobbering end of techno, you won't go wrong with this one. For long time Bicknell fans, this is on the level. Keep in mind the fact that he was always all about the dance floors, and with that thought by your side, his remix of The Wipe is a pure winner. So drastically different than its source of origin, yet so true to the interpreter's vision of techno. Puristic techno perfection as far as I am concerned. Bicknell hammering out a hard metal-plated rhythm that is so sturdy it could support a skyscraper. For those who have enjoyed it in the past, you'll be all over this one.Now, while Mike Parker's remix is hardly original, you have Mike Parker in his fullest Geophone mode doing what Mike Parker usually does best in his Geophone mode. Droning bass patterns and subterrranean loops on repeat front to back. Sure, it's far from his finest output, but it retains that inimitable style of his. Basically, his remix sounds like you'd expect an authentic Mike Parker remix to sound. There's hardly anything you haven't heard from him before this time around, but then again, given his approach to techno, I assume you weren't expecting much more. This remix will either tease you in immediately with its acidic bleeps, rolling bass modulation and floating, finely-layered synth stata in classic Mike Parker style, or you'll hastily remove the wax from the turntable. If you've enjoyed stuff like the A1 tune on the Geophone 18 record, or tunes of his such as Ringing Bass, or his recent 12" on Mote Evolver, then this should please your ear lobes as well. This whole tune is an optimized permutation of a very fine groove, rolling at steady 128 BPMs. Stripped, hypnotic, linear and impeccably produced. Fans of the Geophone aesthetic will get their money's worth here.While this is definitely the most straight forward techno release of the "rewipes" bunch, it sees both contributors in absolute top form, given the fact you're a fan of their sound in the first place. Yes, while I do agree both of these probably breathe with both lungs over a large club speaker set-up, that is by no means meant to take away anything from them. At the end of the day, this is techno, so you have to make the body move. With that in mind, these are two stratospheric cuts by two masters that have made more bodies twitch in dance podium paradise than anyone'd care to remember. Good stuff I say.

Really...?Does it have a purpose if not being mixed with something else? Prime example of DJ fodder. The original deserves so much more than this association.Feel free to educate me about this if I'm wrong...