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TV ON THE RADIO REMIX NAT KING COLE

The forthcoming collection RE: Generations includes Nat King Cole remixes by Cee-Lo, the Roots, Just Blaze, will.i.am (damn) and others. One of those others is TV On The Radio, who handle “Nature Boy.” The compilation’s aim:

RE:Generations aims to construct a tuneful bridge between generations, cultures and races. Evocative of a sleek and stylish metrolounge where music and the visual arts converge,RE:Generations honors Nat King Cole’s continued cultural influence around the planet, 90 years after his birth.

In this case, you evoke that sleek and stylish metrolounge by affixing a backdrop of spaced-out, percussive, and chilly TVOTR-style fuzziness to Cole’s original.

Nat King Cole – “Nature Boy (TV On The Radio Remix)” (.MOV)

This is what the rest of the track list looks:

01 “Lush Life” (Cee-Lo Green)
02 “Straighten Up And Fly Rigyt” (will.i.am Feat. Natalie Cole)
03 “Day In Day Out” (Cut Chemist)
04 “Brazilian Love Song” (Michaelangelo L’Acqua Feat. Bebel Gilberto)
05 “The Game Of Love” (Salaam Remi Feat. Nas)
06 “Walkin’ My Baby Back Home” (the Roots)
07 “Hit That Jive, Jack!” (Souldiggaz Feat. Izza Kizza)
08 “Calypso Blues” (Damien Marley and Stephen Marley)
09 “More & More Of Your Amor” (Bitter:Sweet)
10 “El Choclo” (Brazilian Girls)
11 “Pick-Up” (Just Blaze)
12 “Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere” (Amp Fiddler)
13 “Nature Boy” (TV On The Radio)

This video promo clip explains the compilation in more depth.