There is a fine line between dance music and conceptual art and Yoko walks this tightrope with incredible grace and charm. Of course, this is in large part due to the intelligent choice of musicians who clearly know how to boogie with sensuality, sensitivity, and awareness. This is the kind of music to which you can work both your mind and your bottom.

I hope to see more fun like this. Dance music that gets your brain working is a good thing. It's nice to connect to the world and find happiness all at the same time. :-)

Last thing on my mind was Yoko ono's music in a dance club scenario. But it works! It proves that if she wanted to, she could've been a mainstream artist and kick the other wannabes right out of the water! Her vocals gel well with the beats and that's a pleasant surprise.
I'll never forget when I went to NYC's now defunct dance club The Roxy and saw Yoko perform Open your box with Peter Rauhofer blasting those dance beats from the DJ stand. It was surreal but exciting. I will say that there were some confused looks on the part of some typical dance shirtless guys in the place but hopefully a compilation like this can convince them otherwise!
Yoko Ono is art!

I'm constantly buying dance music and I've got to tell you if this isn't in your collection,then go out and purchase it! I had heard "Everyman,Everywoman and Walking on Thin Ice" in the clubs and loving them to death.The tight production from all the different remixers along with Ono's unique vocals call for great dance music.You won't be disappointed!

Open Your Box is the second of two Yoko Ono remix CDs under the moniker of Ono. The first CD Yes, I'm A Witch gathered a broad range of musical talents to reinterpret her songs creating an eclectic mix of tracks from Peaches electroclash take on Kiss Kiss Kiss to Antony Hegarty's dreamy Toy Boat to Hank Shocklee's short but sweet Witch Shocktronica Intro. Most, but not all, of the remixes work pretty well (Cat Power and Porcupine Tree come to mind as the weaker tracks) with the dancier tracks being the standouts.

Open Your Box, released a few months after Witch, takes its cue from Witch's dancier tracks by being a disc full of non stop incredibly cool dance remixes from more high profile artists like Pet Shop Boys, Basement Jaxx, Felix da Housecat and Danny Tenaglia.

The sound samples will not give you an idea of what to expect because these are multi layered tracks that build up over the duration of the track. The music in and of itself is pretty much your garden variety Euro house that you would hear at your local gay bar but what transcends it is the juxtaposition of Ono's unique voice and vocal stylings over a pulsating pounding beat. Yes, Yoko is not the world's best singer but I enjoy the sincerity in her voice which makes it work really, really well. And her voice will surprise you. It's really not as bad as so many people make it out to be.

The opener, You're the One is one of the highlights for me and is lovely and heartfelt especially when Yoko's voice cracks as she sings "How do I teeellllll you? You're the one."

Another highlight is Peter Rauhofer's Hell In Paradise remix. The start of my love affair with Yoko began with this song when I saw the video for it years ago in the early 80s. What makes this remix so wonderful is once Yoko's sings her vocals over a pulsating trance beat there's this added disco diva chorus that repeats the main chorus of the track. Hard to explain but it's exactly the kind of stuff you want to hear when you're all sweaty and half naked on the dance floor.

Give Me Something is yet another highlight. There's this break in the middle of the song and in a call and response style Yoko sings, "Give me something!" as a male vocal answers "Yoko wants!" It gets even better when Yoko's voice echoes, "Give me something . . . hard...hard...hard...cold...cold...cold. . ."

Possibly my favorite track of the entire disc is the Pet Shop Boy's Walking On Thin Ice remix. I am not a fan of PSB but they do wonders with this remix. I get goosebumpy and teary eyed when Yoko sings, "When our hearts return to ashes it will be just a stor-or-or-ory." Even her primal scream yelping is pitch perfect with this remix.

The only track that doesn't work for me is DJ Dan's Give Peace A Chance remix. I don't think it's possible to turn that song into a dance track without it coming off cheesy.

Open Your Box is the perfect summer CD and was the perfect soundtrack for me and my buds during gay pride as well. Everyone I have played this for either loved it right from the start or reluctantly succumbed to it charms. I used to love Yoko Ono but now I totally worship her. Yoko, you need to get into the studio ASAP and record a disc full of original house music. It will work. I would definitely buy it.

I've been familiar with Ono's work in the dance music genre for some time now, I have purchased her singles of Yang Yang and Walking on Thin Ice (which i heard in an episode of Queer as Folk) so I was particularly excited to see a compilation of all of her remixed hits. Her voice, although quirky, works very well with this type of music. The musical styles range from smooth house, electro, progressive house to big room sounds. The only disappointment I had was that all tracks are only edits which makes them harder to mix with, other than that, I highly reccomend.