So.. the announcement was made after a long deliberation between the judges (Jonny Cuba, Audessey, Ollie Teeba, No Sleep Nigel and DJ Cro (that’s the UK DJ Cro, to avoid any confusion)). Yeah, so anyways, I came in third place, which means I’m one of the three winners of this little competition.. good stuff!
First place was snatched by Ashoke aka Boom Op, and second place by Ajuda (got no link for Ajuda.. sorry). Check the tunes in the player below!
As you might hear my tune is a little bit different here compared to the one I put up a couple of weeks ago, nothing major tho… and of course check Soundsci (buy the album.. it’s great!), Crate Escape Records & DJ Cro’s blog. Cheers!
In the post below you’ll find the tune and links for it, download is available via my Soundcloud page. And again make sure to check out Liqs bandcamp page for more good music. My man Bluevibe also wrote a little something something about it so head over to him and check that and his tunes out.. good stuff folks!
So.. here we go, my remix of St Liqour-Ish’s futuristic g-funk tune Money$ack is up and available, might even make it downloadable in a little while, just need to check a few things first.
Some electronic vibes with a twist, for those of you who know me that shouldn’t come as any surprise. So check it out right here, or peep all the tunes over at Soundcloud and make sure you hit up St Liqour-Ish’s bandcamp page for some extra goodies (remix will appear there shortly as well).
And again big up to my man Bluevibe for hooking me up.
Time for another recommendation.. this time we got The Lick by St Liquor-ish aka Jellphonic. Personal fav off the EP has to be Moneysack (2nd tune in the player) which is the tune I remixed as well. P-Funk for the 21st century baby!
After 13 long years, 14 studios and a gazillion dollars the highly anticipated first EP from St Liquor-ish, formerly and simultaneously Jellphonic, is ripe.
The first solo EP – “The Lick” smashes jagged beats with sacred subjects such as sex and hating with subtle undertones of grace and pornography. Collaborations for the EP include the smooth vocals of Lisa Preston on “The Junk” and the Electron Don, Zackey Force Funk on “Money Sack”.
My remix of Don Goliaths stepper Lot’s Wife is out now on Dubstep Division Recordings on the compilation Va – Lot’s Wife: The Remixes (DDR026), alongside 11 other remixes, spanning ambient to breakbeat to dubstep.
Grab it via Don Goliaths myspace page and/or check it out below.
My remix of Don Goliaths stepper Mrs. U is out now on Dubstep Division Recordings on the compilation Va – Mrs. U: The Remixes (DDR023), alongside 12 other remixes, spanning ambient to breakbeat to dubstep.
Grab it via Don Goliaths myspace page and/or check it out below or over at the Kvartersakuten myspace page.
As the title says, when you’re thinking about entering a remix competition, read the contest rules. If you don’t there might be some nasty surprises down the road for you. Of course you’ll probably have to sign some form of contract at some point, so you can always opt-out then, unless stated otherwise. So read through them carefully! And as they’re usually full of legal mumbo-jumbo, you could well read it twice, or more, without feeling bad about yourself.
So why am I talking about this, well I stumbled over a remix competition today that I though could be fun. But after reading through the rules I wouldn’t even poke it with a stick. Too bad. Nothing I can do about that, but at least it annoyed me enough to write this.
The first batch of remixes for B. Dolans One Breath Left (original produced by Alias) are in, a final post should be up on the SFR page in a couple of days. Head over there and check em out, some really really good tunes this time around.
Ok, so how did I do? Did I manage to meet my criteria and expectations. Did I fall short? Any duds, heat or was it plain blah. These are just my own personal thoughts on the project, and as such, not exactly objective.
The Rules:
Did I do a track a day for two weeks?No I didn’t. I had a couple of days off during the process, for a couple of different reasons, so in that regard I guess I failed. But I think the fact that I got it done in the end, even if it took a couple of extra days, is what’s important.
And I only used three hours to make each tune.. really. I know there’s now way I can prove that, so, you know… you’ll just have to take my word for it.
The Pictures:
Well I have to say I fell off a bit with the pictures. My idea was to actually go out and take some spanking new photos, which I clearly didn’t. I think maybe it all got to be a bit too much, I mean your brain’s kinda mushy after cramming out a tune in three hours, and to re-invigorate your artistic self after that, go out and take at least one good picture, get back in and fix it all up… So I took the easy way out.
Quick rant…
I know it’s all about taking pictures of everything and publishing every photo on the net somewhere now-days, say flickr for instance. But I’ve never ever understood that practice, and for the record I never ever will. What is the point of putting up every damn photo you take of something? As a photographer you take say 10-20 rolls of film (to use a non digital analogy) on a shoot, and from all of those pictures you might choose 1 to 5 pictures that you actually want to show other people. Seriously.. no one is interested in looking at 700+ pictures of the same thing. If you can’t pick out the ones you think are good from a set, please don’t upload anything, we have enough visual pollution. EOD.
The Songs:
The quality of the songs, which is a highly subjective matter, is pretty decent in my opinion. Sure there are a couple that aren’t all that and can’t be ranked among my better work, but they are still ok and not complete duds. I really don’t feel there are any total failures regarding the beats. The ones I feel the least has to be Whirlwind and The Return, mainly because they are way too simple, they feel like an intro that never really kicks off. There are more that could benefit from some expanding, but I think the majority work as is.
Favs have to be World, Pineapple and Full Circle with Poppa Laser, Glitch Train and maybe My Heart (which sort of grew on me) or King Me, close seconds. And I gotta say I love the drums and bass on Good Tymz.
Conclusion:
If it’s an accurate picture of my emotional state over these two weeks, I really couldn’t say. The tunes surely varies in style, tempo and execution, but I think I need more distance to draw any conclusions about it. Give me a year or so, then I can look back with a little more clarity and objectivity.
It did however get my beatmaking tempo increased, I’ve been steady at it ever since I finished this up. Even if it did backfire slightly the week just after, but I kinda expected that.
So in conclusion, I think I managed to pull it off fairly well, a couple of bumps and some things that didn’t work out as planned, but overall I’ll give myself a pass. What do y’all think?
So.. the announcement was made after a long deliberation between the judges (Jonny Cuba, Audessey, Ollie Teeba, No Sleep Nigel and DJ Cro (that’s the UK DJ Cro, to avoid any confusion)). Yeah, so anyways, I came in third place, which means I’m one of the three winners of this little competition.. good stuff!
some form of contract at some point, so you can always opt-out then, unless stated otherwise. So read through them carefully! And as they’re usually full of legal mumbo-jumbo, you could well read it twice, or more, without feeling bad about yourself.
