Fantas Variations is a remix album by Italian composer Caterina Barbieri. It was released on 2 April 2021 through Editions Mego.
Background Caterina Barbieri is an Italian composer based in Berlin, Germany. Fantas Variations compiles eight reworks of "Fantas", the opening track of Ecstatic Computation (2019), by other artists. It includes contributions from Evelyn Saylor with Lyra Pramuk, Annie Garlid, and Stine Janvin; Bendik Giske; Kali Malone; Walter Zanetti; Jay Mitta; Baseck; Carlo Maria; and Kara-Lis Coverdale. They were enlisted "to create a more sustainable and inclusive landscape in terms of stylistic, geographical, gender and generational balance."
The album was released on 2 April 2021 through Editions Mego.
Critical reception
Conor McTernan of Resident Advisor stated, "Fantas Variations is a superlative record that speaks to disparate audiences between experimental, classical and club circles." He added, "Across an hour of different reinterpretations, each contributor brings something unique to the altar, unified by Barbieri's imaginative vision." Miles Bowe of Bandcamp Daily wrote, "Expand, contract, or orchestrate it any way you see fit; the devastating power of 'Fantas' remains unchanged." Jonathan Williger of Pitchfork commented that "Though each artist accentuates something unique, there is something lost in nearly every single adaptation."
Track listing
Personnel Credits adapted from liner notes.
Rashad Becker – mastering Andreas Kauffelt – cut Ruben Spini – artwork, typography Alice Fiorelli – lettering
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