Kevin Bronson on April 1st, 2015

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Kan Wakan’s debut “Moving On,” released a year ago this month, remains an album of massive ambitions and epic scope. No surprise, then, that the L.A. collective helmed by composer/multi-instrumentalist Gueorgui Linev and guitarist-producer Peter Potyondy went all-out in the remix department as well. “Moving On Remixed” — being offered for free download via NoiseTrade — is a 24-track re-imagining of the album featuring remixes by Robin Hannibal, Wet, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Ana-Tole, Zikomo, Casual Psychotic, Ben Baptie and Joomanji, among others. (It’s actually 23 remixes and a smoldering, unreleased demo “Lotusland.”) What hits home with you depends on your tastes in electronic shape-shifting, but for us the highlights are the Wet remix of “Like I Need You,” Zikomo’s restrained take on “Forever Found,” Hannibal’s lush spin on the title track and Joomanji’s oozing “Sawdust.” Of course, the source material is so good, you approach any fiddling with the likes of “Midnight Moon” with trepidation. By and large, though, there are far more hits than misses here.

||| Stream/download: “Moving On Remixed” below: