Baroque’s original recordings are definitely worth seeking out, but the Tokyo based producer’s remix showcase his talents most prominently. His approach to reworking a song isn’t terribly complex – find existing song, beef it up considerably, voila. This works best when he tackled relatively anemic tracks, acting as a personal trainer and adding some muscle…
How do you judge a remix? Do you compare it to the original composition, or detach it completely. Should it sound familiar, or entirely different? It’s an issue that comes up when writing about remixes, and I imagine a lot of music writers bring different standards into play. Baroque, who does a lot of reworks,…
Baroque – Waster Your Time EP In the post-Justice world we live in, it’s tempting to file Baroque’s debut EP away with every other “electro-house” act that were bumper-to-bumper on Hype Machine two years ago. All the trademarks are here – window-shaking bass, cranked-up volume, a general crunchiness to the music that’s vaguely off-putting but…
First, a site tease: expect a mini-review of Baroque’s debut EP Waste Your Time very soon. Thought, to offer up a quick summary sans flowery metaphors, it’s pretty great. In other Baroque news, the heavy-hitting music producer recently remixed British buzz-kids Delphic and their single “Doubt.” The original track resembled a slightly moodier Klaxons track…
Man Baroque, think about timing won’t you. I was already to switch into weekend mood and ignore WordPress for two days, until I noticed you went and posted a new track – from the forthcoming Waste Your Time EP out on the 17th – and I had to go blog about it. At least you…