Vieux Farka Toure is the 26-year-old son of the late, great, Grammy-winning Malian guitar hero Ali Farka Toure. Last year, Farka Toure the younger put out a beautifully produced, eponymous debut album (via World Village in the U.S.). The disc combined a sense of tradition with a forward-looking grasp of texture and groove, showcasing his own burgeoning guitar skills alongside the final performances of his father and those of his godfather and teacher, kora virtuoso Toumani Diabate. As an enterprising follow-up, this disc presents a batch of remixes of his solo "Vieux Farka Toure" tracks, including multiple versions of the same song.

The remixes can't compete with the earthy warmth of the originals, and some of them spoil the source tapes with club-worn clichés. But the best of them offer a new spin on some wonderful music. Yossi Fine's fine "3rd Bass Remix" of "Ma Hine Cocore" (My Brothers and Sisters) keeps the enticing melody and wind-blown Guinea flute of the original, only adding an electro-drone and dropping in a deep bass lope, dub style. Karsh Kale's remix of the same song has a more atmospheric sense of drama. The three different versions of the reggae-accented "Ana" each ruin that song with stiff, generic dance-floor beats. The most musical remix is DJ Center's Miles Davis-inspired makeover of "Sangare," with newly added, serpentine trumpets transforming the track into cool Afro-jazz.

By Bradley Bambarger