Here’s where Baroque really flexes his production muscle. When he remixes a song by someone like 80kidz, the results often sound good but also just like a rougher version of the original. Yet when the dude tackles a song belonging to a style vastly different than his own – the subsequent reworking absolutely kills. He…
When a great remix artist manages to make a song you dig a little bit better, you usually end up feeling pretty good. Now, when said remixer takes a song you previously had no real opinion on and makes it great, I’d argue that’s just as good a feeling. Enter…Scottish Fold tackling Yes Giantess’ “The…
I’ll cop to not being entirely sure who originally did “Insomnia” and I’m sure a little bit of research (read: Google) could help me out. But I’m borrowing my neighbor’s computer (thanks Jonathan!) and enjoying Game Boy hero 99 Letter’s take on the song too much to care. If you’ve checked out his stuff before,…
Osaka’s OORUTAICHI takes “Rum Hee,” one of the most joyful rushes on Shugo Tokumaru’s bubbly Port Entropy, and mutates it into a strange, multi-headed electronic beast. He originally edges the song into skittering electro territory, putting Tokumaru’s sweet vocals against a slipstream of digital gurgles. After the first chorus, though, OORUTAICHI changes his mind mid-air,…
NITES either really really likes “It’s Twinkle” or he thinks it could use some reworking…spoiler alert, I’m pretty sure it’s option one. Dude went and made two remixes of Hotel Mexico’s breakthrough track and posted them at his MySpace. Version one morphs the song into a wide-eyed piece of bedroom pop, NITES strong suite. Version…