The Vitals: 

Label: Integrity Music
Genre: Trance, Breaks, House, Symphony
Number of Tracks: 12
How to Obtain: www.worshipmusic.com, www.amazon.com

Factor Scores:

Production Quality: 5.5
Programming and Arrangement: 5.5
Entertainment Quality: 5.9
Total: 5.9 - Average

Chris' Take:

(Note: As you will see from my review, I enjoyed much of this release; however, I felt I had to score it lower than I might have otherwise due to its limited dancefloor potential.)

Jesus Is Re:mix is (obviously) a remix project, as pointed out in the name, based on Hillsong London's 2006 Jesus Is project. The idea is one that has been attempted countless times in the Christian Music Industry. For the most part, these projects are unimpressive in a club setting. This project however is not bad at all.

"Lord of All" is a driving trance-ish piano track. I could see them going for a Coldplay "Clocks" remix effort here. "Only One For Me" is a nice breaks track with loads of fun synths and stuttered, filtered, effected vocals. So far, it's my favorite. It is a great track to dance and worship to. "Let The Whole World" kind of loses me a bit with its late 90's sounding breaks approach. It reminds me of the worship remix projects that Zarc Porter (World Wide Message Tribe) did over 7 years ago. It's not bad; it just lacks a modern sound.

"It's A New Day" is an upbeat guitar-driven track that could actually use a bit more remixing done to it. It is just shy of a danceable remix. It's best described as an uptempo worship song with a drum machine playing a break beat. I can see it doing well on Christian pop radio. "Follow The Son" is a great track! It has an 80's new wave feel to it complete with synth leads. It sounds much cooler than I am describing it, trust me. "Till I See You" is another really great 80's flashback track. The drum machine reminds me of Prince's early days. Overall it reminds me of Shiny Toy Guns from a few years back. It also has a killer glitchy synth interlude that absolutely floored me.

"Where The Love Lasts Forever" has a smooth ambient feel with a great bassline and fantastic break beat. The original atmosphere of worship shines through this remix, making this almost the perfect worship remix. It's so beautiful, I love it! "Above All" introduces a bit of soulful house to the project. The drum kit, unfortunately, sounds like a stock drum kit from the early 90's. Heck, I think I have this exact kit on my $200 Yamaha DJX Keyboard I bought sometime around 1999 or 2000. The vocals and the rest of the music are absolutely beautiful. "The Greatest Gift" starts off with a nice relaxing feel that quickly morphs into a nice upbeat breaks track.

The last three songs are purely instrumental and stand out entirely from the whole project. "How Great Is Our God" borrows a familiar downtempo breaks track for the background. "Savior's Love" is pretty and symphonic, almost like a big Christmas orchestra presentation. "Jesus Is" closes the project with the same uplifting orchestral feeling.

I won't say it is the best remix project ever, but it is pretty good. Aside from the usual, cliche', almost outdated typical structuring of the tracks (build ups, break downs, etc.) and a few minor outdated drum machines, Jesus Is Re:mix is a nice listen. It doesn't break any new ground, and it probably won't be represented in any high profile DJ's sets. I don't think it ever intended to be that. I think this was just a way for the producers to give an experimental take on an already successful collection of worship songs. If that is all it is intended to be, they got it right.