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More recently, the Avalanches, the Go! Team, and Rjd2 are among the few acts taking a similarly broad-minded, fun-oriented approach to sample-based compositions. Despite its enigmatic title, Why Try Harder doesn't stop at the obvious hits.

The strongest elements in Slim's own work-- pace, rhythm, stupidly catchy samples-- aren't so different from the makings of a fine remix, so it's no surprise he excels at the latter. His free-wheeling, uptempo take on Cornershop's whimsical "Brimful of Asha" far surpasses even the original.

Slim's posthumous remix of Wildchild's "Renegade Master" is sadly absent. Other unexpected inclusions are less engaging, such as the cerveza-splashed wah-wah and whistles of "Everybody Loves a Carnival", itself a tepid remix of Slim's excellent own "Everybody Loves a ". Anyway, where's early B-side "Michael Jackson", which appears as a bonus track on the U.

As the world has gotten shittier and the shtick has gotten staler, Slim's visibility has diminished. That's in part with good reason: "Weapon of Choice", the hit from 's Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars , was half-futuristic lounge-funk, half-"Mambo 5", saved only by Christopher Walken in the video , while that album's Jim Morrison-sampling "Sunset Bird of Prey " and Macy Gray gospel "Demons" are fucking dire.

The two new tracks here don't change Slim's downward trajectory, either. It's got a good beat, and you can dance to it. And drive to it. And watch commercials to it. And cook pasta to it. And work out to it.

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