I sponsored a contest on my DJ website during the summer to encourage people to submit dance remixes of Mike Allison’s “When I Grow Old” track. We provided the raw clean vocals track for producers to download, to make things easier. We got a lot strange entries, ranging from drum & bass, to breaks, to atmospheric lounge music, to trance and dance. We also got some really high quality, creative remixes.
I’ve picked three of the top entries here. Not all of them are available yet from my website, but I figured I’d let my blog readers have a “sneak peek” at the tracks. The first track listed below (Bit Funk’s) is a great club track, and starting to get a fair amount of play in venues around North America. The other two mixes are trance-oriented - Prince Avitar did an incredible job creating the backing track, and the judges for the contest liked the Zodiacal Light remix for the winning entry:
Bit Funk's Club Remix
Prince Avitar Electro Aftershow Vocal Mix
Zodiacal Light Vocal Remix
If you want to learn more about the guys who produced these tracks, and links to their MySpace pages or websites, check here.
The tracks are a good example showing how different a song can sound when you give it a different drum track and tempo. I hope you enjoy them ...
Record Pool Picks, June 2008
on Monday, August 4, 2008
Here are my picks from the June 2008 Richmond Record Pool shipment. I'm finally starting to get almost caught up with my music again, which is good, since I'm playing in Las Vegas this weekend.
Live Sets:
- Carl Jurgens, “City Lights” (Alex Gone With Stanley Cupid Mix)
- Deadmau5, “Fifths”
- Domased Electronica, “Naiad” (Original Mix)
- Felguk, “All Night Long” (Original)
- Idiot Box, “Fast Slow” (Original Mix)
- Joee Conns, “Don’t Stop”
- Multiply feat Marcie, “Can’t Stop My” (Mario Good Mix)
- Rusian B, “Electro Static”
Mainstream Club Sets:
- Ashlee Simpson, “Little Miss Obsessive” (David Aude Club Mix)
- Mic Boogie, “Good Look” (White Punks On Dope Remix)
- Multiply feat Marcie, “Can’t Stop My” (Under The Covers Remix)
- Ne Yo, “Closer” (Stonebridge Club Mix)
Studio Mixes:
- Cream Sound, “Always” (Stereotip Edit)
- Domased Electronica, “Naiad” (Original)
- Felguk, “Do You Like Bass” (Blend Rank Mix)
- High Torque, “Sparks” (Original Mix)
- Michael & Levan, “Distant Closeness” (Dave Ferol & Arion Grey Remix)
- Multiply feat Marcie, “Can’t Stop My” (Mario Dub)
- Sinestetici & Kilo Watts, “Reflective Deceptor” (Misjah Remix)
Warmup Tracks:
- Aoo & ooA, “Artillery” (Diego Pericles & Skills Remix)
- Aoo & ooA, “Artillery” (Original Mix)
- Domased Electronica, “Naiad” (Styller Remix)
- Jalabee Cartel, “Single Tab” (Original)
- Rogerio Martins, “Demente” (Original Mix)
My top pick from the June 2008 Richmond Record Pool shipment was the Misjah remix of the Sinestetici & Kilo Watts “Reflective Deceptor” track. Misjah, a Dutch DJ/producer, has a huge amount of production work under his belt. However, this particular track is not a very mainstream club-friendly track – more something that I would play at a warehouse party or similar event.
To hear "Reflective Deceptor," click on the player here (visible only in the original blog posting, not in the Facebook notes feed). Sorry, no downloads are available.
Live Sets:
- Carl Jurgens, “City Lights” (Alex Gone With Stanley Cupid Mix)
- Deadmau5, “Fifths”
- Domased Electronica, “Naiad” (Original Mix)
- Felguk, “All Night Long” (Original)
- Idiot Box, “Fast Slow” (Original Mix)
- Joee Conns, “Don’t Stop”
- Multiply feat Marcie, “Can’t Stop My” (Mario Good Mix)
- Rusian B, “Electro Static”
Mainstream Club Sets:
- Ashlee Simpson, “Little Miss Obsessive” (David Aude Club Mix)
- Mic Boogie, “Good Look” (White Punks On Dope Remix)
- Multiply feat Marcie, “Can’t Stop My” (Under The Covers Remix)
- Ne Yo, “Closer” (Stonebridge Club Mix)
Studio Mixes:
- Cream Sound, “Always” (Stereotip Edit)
- Domased Electronica, “Naiad” (Original)
- Felguk, “Do You Like Bass” (Blend Rank Mix)
- High Torque, “Sparks” (Original Mix)
- Michael & Levan, “Distant Closeness” (Dave Ferol & Arion Grey Remix)
- Multiply feat Marcie, “Can’t Stop My” (Mario Dub)
- Sinestetici & Kilo Watts, “Reflective Deceptor” (Misjah Remix)
Warmup Tracks:
- Aoo & ooA, “Artillery” (Diego Pericles & Skills Remix)
- Aoo & ooA, “Artillery” (Original Mix)
- Domased Electronica, “Naiad” (Styller Remix)
- Jalabee Cartel, “Single Tab” (Original)
- Rogerio Martins, “Demente” (Original Mix)
My top pick from the June 2008 Richmond Record Pool shipment was the Misjah remix of the Sinestetici & Kilo Watts “Reflective Deceptor” track. Misjah, a Dutch DJ/producer, has a huge amount of production work under his belt. However, this particular track is not a very mainstream club-friendly track – more something that I would play at a warehouse party or similar event.
To hear "Reflective Deceptor," click on the player here (visible only in the original blog posting, not in the Facebook notes feed). Sorry, no downloads are available.
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