Normally I dislike remix projects. They reek of egos run amok. Results of their egos usually disappoint, with the mixer thinking “Eh, whatever, I guess I’ll ride this guy’s coattails into fame”. Or the opposite reaction, which is worse, is when someone famous (like Thurston Moore) remixes some good obscure artist’s stuff into something far less interesting. It doesn’t sound good, it feels like charity, like aw, poor unpopular artist. Let me help you.
Scion proves that there are exceptions to the rule. Yeah, they might not be as popular as Basic Channel, but they are very familiar with their records. Part of this might be that the duo actually got released by a subsection of Basic Channel, Chain Reaction, the more accessible part of the Basic Channel empire. Together, they update and tweak each song you are no doubt obsessed with at this point.
The mix is strong, they include a new song every 2 to 3 minutes, and it is smooth. Every transition is handled flawlessly, and the tracks are updated without eliminating that essence that made Basic Channel so special in the first place. Tempos are jacked up to a faster pace, to allow this to be more of dance music (not that Basic Channel ever discounted the joys of the dance floor).
Not only are the more obvious picks chosen (Enforcement always remained a pretty accessible track) but even that ambient joy of Radiance streams through these tracks. In fact, those two even meet to delirious effect in Part 6.