Digitalism

Hands On Idealism finds an international cast of co-conspirators -- Paris' Fred Falke, Berlin's Siriusmo, Montreal's A-Trak -- putting their signature stamp on tracks from Digitalism's 2007 debut album, Idealism. The reworks range from Siriusmo's cheerfully wonky, judiciously restrained techno bounce to Falke's bass-slapped disco-funk, but it's Digitalism's own buzzy electro-pop that holds center ground, as they lean into their analog synths and distorted drum machines to craft their own alternate versions of club stormers like "The Pulse" and "Digitalism in Cairo."