Tracklist : 01. DJ Yellow - Lost
02. John Tejada - The End Of It All
03. Lump – Music Lover
04. Luciano - Celestial
05. Niconé & Sascha Breamer - Nur Ma Kurz (Phillip Bader remix)
06. Audiophungz - Pretending
07. Aerea Negrot - All I Wanna Do
08. Dark Unknown - The Dark (Black mix)
09. Juno 6 - Action 2
10. Matias Aguayo - Bo Jack (Vocal mix)
11. Alexi Delano - Molar One
12. Röyksopp – This Must Be It (Apparat remix)
13. Uffie - Pop The Glock (Ellen Allien remix)
14. Agf/Delay - Connection (Hearthrob remix)
15. Margaret Dygas - Hidden Form View (Hidden Nsi. mix)
16. Brigitte Fontain&Khan - Fine Mouche (Original Tango Piano version)
Ellen Allien makes sure Watergate 05 is somewhat idiosyncratic by converting it, in its last quarter, into a sort of mixtape. She induces it with the Apparat remix of Röyksopp track "This Must Be It," letting Karin Dreijer Andersson’s voice introduce some drama to her shuffle. The mix ends to the cracked strains of Brigitte Fontaine & Khan’s dada tango, "Fine Mouche." This sort of flame-out is a nice way of reminding us that Allien’s hand is guiding the experience, and aligning herself with Fontaine — whose career is nothing if not a dedicated pursuit of weirdness-for-weirdness’-sake — is clever.
The mix’s most transportive moment, aptly enough, comes when the angelic choir and piano of Luciano’s "Celestial" close out the three sleek bangers that preceded it. But the mix’s overall feel is somewhat conservative, even formal given Allien’s penchant for the unexpected. This is a good mix and little more, which falls just short of the mixer’s standards. (Dusted Magazine)
