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Loopz: alrighty then, IT Magician, I take your word for it...

Here's a yousendit link to my remix of Crosswire, available only for limited downloads (so they say):

http://s21.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2U5C ... YK36XR8MQ3

This version is not the same I sent to the contest, as I've had time to affect some chances. It's a whopping 11 minutes long, but I hope there is sufficient progression to keep it interesting all the way.

Maybe not to everybody's taste, but IDM/electro/noise-heads should take a whiff.

Anybody else willing to share their creations at this point?

(btw, Dogs, this version is slightly different from the version I sent you earlier...)

Go on then...

Here's my take on 'Crosswire'.

http://www.ctrl-music.com/audio/aquasky ... 20mix).mp3

Samples from the original, additional strings, 303 and arrangement by me.



*seeing as the BBCode is arsing around, you'll need to cut and paste that URL into another browser window or tab.

Kansler wrote:Loopz: alrighty then, IT Magician, I take your word for it...

Trust me. Do you want to tell you how long your remix is ?

and not just a pretty face

No mirrors in tropical Brum then?

Kansler wrote:Loopz: alrighty then, IT Magician, I take your word for it...

Here's a yousendit link to my remix of Crosswire, available only for limited downloads (so they say):

http://s21.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2U5C ... YK36XR8MQ3

This version is not the same I sent to the contest, as I've had time to affect some chances. It's a whopping 11 minutes long, but I hope there is sufficient progression to keep it interesting all the way.

Maybe not to everybody's taste, but IDM/electro/noise-heads should take a whiff.

Anybody else willing to share their creations at this point?

(btw, Dogs, this version is slightly different from the version I sent you earlier...)

well, you sure did something else. and i like the beginning. nice and dark.

but why the amen break again? isn't that thing getting a bit old now? it could use something with a bit more bite.

"why the amen break again?"

Glad you noticed!

In fact, people should know I never sample drum loops - except when remixing, of course...

But since I got that amen thing lying around, I figured that EVERY electronic musician must use that rotten loop ONCE in their lifetime (preferrably no more than that). And so, since I've already made 5 albums worth of tracks without delving into the amen territory, I decided to get it over and done with. Now, you see, I won't have to go down that road ever again!

Squarepusher and others have effectively deconstructed the piece in the past, so it's really just a pastiche type presence these days.

Anyway, it's not meant to be convincing as much as an obvious wink. It's also a kind of stab at the predictable nature of the whole genre of breakbeat. Just listen to any number of "new" artists.

Crosswire itself has been created in that mold to accompany any number of overused and trite breaks, I'm sorry to say. The fact is that amen is still the "unmentionable" backbone of a lot of breakbeat. Amen is the unconscious of the industry.

Am I blowing your mind or what?

Btw, I find it interesting that both Dog and I decided to use some sort of melancholy string progression in the background... Maybe that's exactly what the original was lacking?

Melancholy? My strings aren't melancholy!

As for using the 'Amen' loop... You could've found a better quality sample.

No offence Otto, but I found myself very bored with this mix at about the 4 minute mark, basically as there's not enough progression in there for my tastes.

Kansler wrote:

"why the amen break again?"

Glad you noticed!
-story-
Am I blowing your mind or what?

just wondering...
but i fully support your reply.

and not that there's anything wrong with the amen break. it got pretty far as a b side of a 1 hit wonder , it's just that it's used almost everywhere, as you said.

Amen andrews is cool, nonetheless

In case people haven't seen this, here is a pretty neat video summary of the whole amen brother phenomenon:

http://nkhstudio.com/pages/amen_mp4.html

(it also touches on the copyright issue, which is another important area)

update from aquasky.co.uk:

Thanks to all of you who entered our remix competition. We should of picked the winner by now but we ended up with many more submissions than we expected and to do all of you justice we have decided to pick a winner in the next few weeks so we can hear each tune fully and grade it respectfully. We know you spent a lot of time doing these remixes and we owe it to you to choose wisely. As soon as we have choosen we will put a bulletin up on the front page of our site.

Must wait it out then...