Top 100 remixes that have little or nothing to do with the original.

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100. Björk: One Day (Springs Eternal Mix)
*A few wordless moans are left of the original song, that's all.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 2 June 2005 08:19 (twenty years ago)

99. Tori Amos - Talula (BT's Synethaesia mix)
(nothing left in from original - the only vocals are the extra lines added to BT's radio mix of the same song)

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 2 June 2005 08:25 (twenty years ago)

98. bomb the bass - bug dust powder (kruder & dorfmeister mix)

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Thursday, 2 June 2005 08:31 (twenty years ago)

Er, that one has the original vocals in their totality...

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 2 June 2005 08:32 (twenty years ago)

However...

97. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony: 1st of tha Month (Krüder & Dorfmeister Mix)

*K & D use a small horn bit and a two-second line of the vocals ("smoking lot of weed and reefer") in the remix, but that's it.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 2 June 2005 08:35 (twenty years ago)

96. Saint Etienne - Who Do You Think You Are (aphex twin remix). Possibly just a garbled snatch of vocal, but that's it.

But then, Richard D James owns this thread.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Thursday, 2 June 2005 08:36 (twenty years ago)

95. Primal Scream - Loaded

― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Thursday, 2 June 2005 08:37 (twenty years ago)

94. primal scream: 'come together' (though the 'original' wasn't released till 1998...)

― N_RQ, Thursday, 2 June 2005 08:39 (twenty years ago)

93. Pole: Raum 1 (Variation by Burnt Friedmann)
92. Pole: Raum 1 (Variation by Kit Clayton)

*If there's something left of the original in these, I'm not hearing it. Maybe a sole bassline or something.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 2 June 2005 08:43 (twenty years ago)

91. Black Grape 'Fatneck (Goldie mix)'

a few of the same sounds twisted up but otherwise totally different

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Thursday, 2 June 2005 08:52 (twenty years ago)

90. Therapy? - Loose (Photek remix)

― Neil Stewart (Neil Stewart), Thursday, 2 June 2005 08:52 (twenty years ago)

that (not very good) black grape record brings back painful memories.

― N_RQ, Thursday, 2 June 2005 08:53 (twenty years ago)

89. david holmes 'my mate paul' (skylab mix)

― N_RQ, Thursday, 2 June 2005 08:54 (twenty years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000I57J.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Only collected edition for his total remake style.

91. UNKLE - 'Ape Shall Never Kill Ape'
The melody is replayed via thrash guitars. Thematically bound to the original via Planet of The Apes samples and an old school hip hop breakdown (but not the same beats), but otherwise nada.

90. Money Mark - Maybe I'm Dead'
The lyrics remain in pitched up form.

89. Buffalo Daughter - 'Great Five Lakes'
The vocals again. And scratches.

88. Coldcut - 'Atomic Moog 2000'
The sampled rapper hook and the jazz influence.

87. The Pastels - 'Windy Hill'
The vocals.

86. The High Llamas - 'Homespin Rerun'
The vocals and the string section.

85. Salon Music - 'Galaxie Express' 69 Mix
Vocals and rock influence.

Obviously, as a pop remixer he tends to keep a lot of vocals, but the backing is always different and stranger than before.

― Negativa, True Believer (You know you love it when I'm dressed in drag) (Barima), Thursday, 2 June 2005 08:55 (twenty years ago)

Autechre - EP7 / ENVANE (BOGDAN RACZYNSKI REMIX)

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Thursday, 2 June 2005 08:57 (twenty years ago)

Isn't it more of a rule than an exception that a remixer keeps the vocals and changes the background? I was thinking of remixes a bit further out...

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 2 June 2005 08:58 (twenty years ago)

As well as the Black Grape remix the Goldie mix of Babylon Zoo's 'The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes' was radically different in exactly the same way.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Thursday, 2 June 2005 08:58 (twenty years ago)

dignity, always dignity.

― N_ERQ, Thursday, 2 June 2005 09:01 (twenty years ago)

83. the prodigy versus method man '[oh fuck whatever it was]'

― N_RQ, Thursday, 2 June 2005 09:02 (twenty years ago)

x-postal.

79. Badly Drawn Boy - 'Pissing In The Wind' Lemon Jelly Remix
The title lyrics.

Tuomas, I don't think ones that keep the vocals should be discounted. As examples, the Chemical Brothers dispense with Method Man's rapping halfway through on 'Bring The Pain' (that's 78) and someone like Cornelius sometimes rearranges the verses and key lyrics or messes with the singer's voice etc.

― Negativa, True Believer (You know you love it when I'm dressed in drag) (Barima), Thursday, 2 June 2005 09:03 (twenty years ago)

oh maybe i meant 'bring the pain'. no, it goes 'check it, i'm the fucking man'.

― N_RQ, Thursday, 2 June 2005 09:04 (twenty years ago)

78. lionrock 'packet of peace' chemical brothers mix (such an awesome spring for chemical bros remixes)

― N_RQ, Thursday, 2 June 2005 09:05 (twenty years ago)

release yo'delf

xpost

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Thursday, 2 June 2005 09:05 (twenty years ago)

Also, "changing the backing" for vocal remixes doesn't usually go beyond "sticking new beats behind the vocals and using different samples" - it takes a more adventurous mind to retool the song completely from the melodies up.

76. The Polyphonic Spree - 'Soldier Girl' RJD2 mix

― Negativa, True Believer (You know you love it when I'm dressed in drag) (Barima), Thursday, 2 June 2005 09:06 (twenty years ago)

78. http://home.swipnet.se/~w-10098/auteurs/pictures/u-ziq.jpg
This album has no track titles, so I'm not sure what the first one is called, but if there's an indie guitar song buried somewhere in the first track, it sure is deep. (Like Aphex Twin, I think µ-ziq openly said he hated the source material and did the remixes only for cash. That didn't stop him from creating one of the best records he has ever released, though.)

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 2 June 2005 09:07 (twenty years ago)

Underground Movies!

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Thursday, 2 June 2005 09:08 (twenty years ago)

74 & 73. Alex Gopher - 'Party People'/DJ Shadow - 'Six Days' Soulwax mixes
72. Optiganally Yours - 'Mr. Wilson' Plus-Tech Squeeze Box Remix
71. The Avalanches - 'Since I Left You' Cornelius remix (perhaps the best of his post '99 ones, a bit better than the original too, though some may prefer Blur's 'Tender'. See how much of the original is left in this compared to Prince Paul and Sterolab's efforts!)
70. Seelenluft ft. Mike Master Michael Smith- 'Manila' Manitoba remix

― Negativa, True Believer (You know you love it when I'm dressed in drag) (Barima), Thursday, 2 June 2005 09:19 (twenty years ago)

Have to mention the LRD mix of 'Silver Screen Shower Scene' AGAIN because although it keeps the vox the rest is on such a different level from the original.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Thursday, 2 June 2005 09:23 (twenty years ago)

But then, Richard D James owns this thread.

ROCnelius will fight him. He often treats remixes of other people as an opportunity to remix (and devlop) himself (as do Plus-Tech).

― Negativa, True Believer (You know you love it when I'm dressed in drag) (Barima), Thursday, 2 June 2005 09:49 (twenty years ago)

i don't think aphx counts because he usually isn't 'remixing' at all. there's far out, and there's there's putting out your own off-cuts on the sly.

― N_RQ, Thursday, 2 June 2005 09:51 (twenty years ago)

that's precisely why he should count.

a friend told me his remix of Gentle People's 'Journey' was quite different from the original but i've never heard the original - that remix makes me ache though, tragic beauty etc.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Thursday, 2 June 2005 10:22 (twenty years ago)

The Gentle People are (literally) the Legz Akimbo of dance, Steve, so I don't think you're missing much.

― Negativa, True Believer (You know you love it when I'm dressed in drag) (Barima), Thursday, 2 June 2005 10:25 (twenty years ago)

but that's not remixing, it's fraud! if the music's good, fine, but it's not a remix. ooh, rockism!

― N_RQ, Thursday, 2 June 2005 10:26 (twenty years ago)

68 U2 - Even better than the real thing (perfecto mix)
Oakenfield puts them through an Italian House wringer, and they come out sounding better than they ever did with Eno; and for once you're not left wishing you were hearing a Pet Shop or Cash cover version. Like all pop divas Bono's belting sounds better over a throbbing, campy pulse than any rock-u-space.

― Guy Beckett (guy), Thursday, 2 June 2005 12:13 (twenty years ago)

of course it's a remix. it says remix.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Thursday, 2 June 2005 12:31 (twenty years ago)

i think that's a bit literalist. (actually this is just me not liking aphx and his 'pranks'.)

― N_RQ, Thursday, 2 June 2005 12:33 (twenty years ago)

67. Hooverphonic - "Club Montepulciano (808 State Mix)"

Sounds nothing like the original -- different and faster drum'n'bass beat, no vocals, not the slightest hint of familiarity that would link it to the original at all. I'm baffled about how they made it from that song.

― Ian Riese-Moraine's all but an ark-lark! (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 2 June 2005 15:58 (twenty years ago)

66. Dizzee Rascal - I Luv U (Sharky Remix)

Apart from the repeated 'I Luv U's, this has basically nothing to do with the original. It's not even thematically similar.

― minolta (minolta), Thursday, 2 June 2005 16:09 (twenty years ago)

65. Saint Etienne -- Like A Motorway (Skin Up You're Already Dead) (remixed by Autechre)

Uses just one slowed-down sample of Sarah C. singing "skin" from the line "he said her skin smelled just like pebbles".

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 2 June 2005 16:13 (twenty years ago)

64. Client - "Radio (Rex The Dog Remix)"

Only keeps the "There's no music on the radio" line and puts it over a totally new background.

― Seb (Seb), Thursday, 2 June 2005 16:37 (twenty years ago)

Goldfrapp - Ooh La La (Teichwarz Remix)

― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Thursday, 2 June 2005 16:41 (twenty years ago)

Max Tundra's remix of Mogwai's "Helicon 2"... Max (eventually) replays the melody on an accoustic 12 string and xylophone, not so much a remix.

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 2 June 2005 16:46 (twenty years ago)

61. New Order - "Confusion" (Pump Panel Reconstruction mix)

Only the "Confusion!" vocals remain.

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Thursday, 2 June 2005 17:24 (twenty years ago)

DJ Casper - Cha Cha Slide (Düse Remix)

Apart from three snippets of the vocals, unrecognizable.

― Siegbran (eofor), Thursday, 2 June 2005 21:29 (twenty years ago)

90. Therapy? - Loose (Photek remix)

59 Therapy? - Nowhere (Sabres Of Paradise remix)

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Thursday, 2 June 2005 23:34 (twenty years ago)

Oh ah - keeps a very vague echo of the shaky guitar line and erm ... nowt else.

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Thursday, 2 June 2005 23:37 (twenty years ago)

fat cat's 8 x 7" series of emiliana torrini remixes to thread

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Friday, 3 June 2005 00:13 (twenty years ago)

58 - Primal Scream 'Loaded'

― Robin Goad (rgoad), Friday, 3 June 2005 09:27 (twenty years ago)

57. Underworld - Born Slippy NUXX (Deep Pan) (anything left from the original?)

― Vinnie (vprabhu), Friday, 3 June 2005 12:31 (twenty years ago)

56. A Guy Called Gerald 'Voodoo Ray (Justin Robertson mix)'

ditches all but the glockenspiely pattern for some moody bass and quite chilling electric guitar. Great in a 'late night paranoia' sense.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Friday, 3 June 2005 12:44 (twenty years ago)

That Gentle People mix was kinda underwhelming. Also, it does in fact sound like something they would sing over! I wonder how many Cornelius fans form the RFH 3 years ago still want them dead.

55. Natural Calamity - 'Home' Prince Paul ReMix feat. Paul Barman
Not so much exclusive of the original (because the vocals and rhythm remain) as just very subversive of it, via Paul building on the childlike innocence of the original's lyrics, changing the entire thing form a dinky exotica pop song into a slow burning, keyboard hip hop rework of beauty, then getting Paul Barman to rhyme about (bad) sex and himself in what is maybe the biggest "um, that's not what we were talking about" rap cameo over. As a bonus, it totally proves that Paul doesn't need Automator to do his own Handsome Boy thing.

― BARMS, Friday, 3 June 2005 13:28 (twenty years ago)

Their vocals are still on that remix 'we are taking you on a journey' etc. I love the muffled speech, all very (coffee table of) departure lounge. When the strings come in that David Holmes nicked for 'Rodney Yates' then it's blubbin' time.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Friday, 3 June 2005 13:33 (twenty years ago)

I think I've finally found a string section that doesn't make me want to swoon!

― BARMS, Friday, 3 June 2005 13:40 (twenty years ago)

54 S'Express - Hey, music lover (Glass Cut)
Philip Glass rebuilds the S'Express track as a mantra to minimalism; and whilst confirming his pop edge, marking the debt owed to serialists by everyone from Moroder to Reese & Santonio.

― Guy Beckett (guy), Friday, 3 June 2005 15:25 (twenty years ago)

six months pass...

53: gabrielle 'forget about the world' (daft punk remix)

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Monday, 19 December 2005 15:05 (twenty years ago)

eh, the Aphex would certainly have heard the original of the gentle people track since they were signed to his own label at the time.

52. James Vs Sabres of Paradise - Jam J

http://www.discogs.com/release/214661

― jed_ (jed), Monday, 19 December 2005 15:06 (twenty years ago)

51. any Hot Chip remix

― Rich (Stinkin Rich), Monday, 19 December 2005 15:10 (twenty years ago)

50. underworld "king of snake" (fatboy slim remix)

― haitch (haitch), Monday, 19 December 2005 15:19 (twenty years ago)

49. Depeche Mode: Barrell Of a Gun (Underworld Mix)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 19 December 2005 16:17 (twenty years ago)

48. Mekon feat Marc Almond: Please Stay (Röyksopp remix)

― davidsim (davidsim), Monday, 19 December 2005 19:07 (twenty years ago)

47 Feist - Inside and Out (Ewan Pearson Dub)

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Monday, 19 December 2005 19:39 (twenty years ago)

46. Ice vs. Palace: More Brother (Inbred Version)

― hmmm (hmmm), Monday, 19 December 2005 20:34 (twenty years ago)

45. Black Dice: Smiling Off (Luomo mix)

― Dominique (dleone), Monday, 19 December 2005 20:36 (twenty years ago)

44. KLF Versus Pet Shop Boys - "It Must Be Obvious (UFO Mix)"

― Myke Weiskopf (Myke Weiskopf), Monday, 19 December 2005 23:16 (twenty years ago)

I was just going to post that Feist/Ewan Pearson one. I once asked someone to send that mp3 to me because I assumed the one I downloaded was mistagged.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 19 December 2005 23:17 (twenty years ago)

Two of my favorites:

43. KLF vs Ricardo Villalobos - What Time Is Love?
44. Britney Spears - Breathe On Me (James Holden mix)

― [jailhouse tattoo] (nordicskilla), Monday, 19 December 2005 23:19 (twenty years ago)

Two of my favorites:

43. KLF vs Ricardo Villalobos - What Time Is Love?
42. Britney Spears - Breathe On Me (James Holden mix)

― [jailhouse tattoo] (nordicskilla), Monday, 19 December 2005 23:19 (twenty years ago)

Cabaret Voltaire - Nag Nag Nag (Akufen mix)

― Sasha (sgh), Tuesday, 20 December 2005 11:09 (twenty years ago)

41. Boo Radleys - lazarus (saint etienne mix)

― Arnault (arc73hk), Tuesday, 20 December 2005 11:37 (twenty years ago)

40. St Etienne - Like A Motorway (Autechre skin up you're already dead mix)

― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 20 December 2005 13:30 (twenty years ago)

39. Wyclef Jean's "Cheated" (Rock Remix), which despite the name can hardly be considered a remix at all, but a completely new song which shares the one line "To all the girls I cheated on before." Entirely different lyrics, melody, style, everything. And a wonderful track besides.

― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 20 December 2005 16:57 (twenty years ago)

38. Lady Sovereign - Random (Menta Remix ft. Riko)

Same chorus but that's it, completely different tempo, verses, samples, etc. Like two different songs.

― Edward III (edward iii), Tuesday, 20 December 2005 20:19 (twenty years ago)

37. "This is the remix to Ignition, its hot and fresh out the kitchen..."

― R. J. Greene, Tuesday, 20 December 2005 21:04 (twenty years ago)

four months pass...

36. Depeche Mode - I Feel You (life's too short mix)and(swamp mix)

Both remixed by Brian Eno, neither of which sound like the original, one of them sounds like he took the very end from Get Right With Me from their Songs of Faith & Devotion album and looped it for about 8 minutes.

― Mike Prouten, Thursday, 11 May 2006 13:37 (twenty years ago)

35. Phoenix "If I Ever Feel Better" Todd Edward remix
- original vocals split and rearranged in classic Todd style (and with a religious message inserted)

as for Bjork i'd pick:

36. "Possibly Maybe" Lucy Mix
- Mark Bell's production, vocal heavily distorted and vocoded (is it even a real word?) or possibly re-recorded for the remix.

37. "Anchor Song" Black Dog Mix

xpost
Wasn't there some story about Richard D. James missing a deadline and when whoever he was supposed to remix showed up he just handed them one of his early demo tapes stating that there is "very little left from the original"?

― scnnr drkly (scnnr drkly), Thursday, 11 May 2006 14:45 (twenty years ago)

duh! 35, 34, 33.

― scnnr drkly (scnnr drkly), Thursday, 11 May 2006 14:51 (twenty years ago)

christina aguilera - beautiful (russian linesman remix)

― claire caesar, Thursday, 18 May 2006 20:07 (twenty years ago)

32. Sneaker Pimps - "Spin Spin Sugar (Armand Van Helden's Dark Garage Mix)"

31. Tori Amos - "Professional Widow (Armand's Star Trunk Funkin' Mix)"

― LeRooLeRoo (Seb), Thursday, 18 May 2006 20:25 (twenty years ago)

30. Lambchop - "Up With People (Zero 7 Dub Mix)"

― Euler (Euler), Thursday, 18 May 2006 20:36 (twenty years ago)

29. 2 Unlimited - No Limit (Push Transcendental Remix)

― Siegbran (eofor), Thursday, 18 May 2006 20:46 (twenty years ago)

28. Junior Senior - Shake Your Coconuts (DFA remix)

Just the vocals; the music is the two great exclamation mark bands (Wham! and Neu!) duking it out.

― Mitya (Leo), Thursday, 18 May 2006 20:47 (twenty years ago)

Ok, I need someone to help me out with this one. At a hipster dance party a couple months ago the mix playing before the band took the stage had a completely deconstructed remix of "Funkytown" by Lipps, Inc. It took about 2-3 minutes before I recognized the bassline, and then about 2-3 minutes later the synth line and the vocals "Gotta move on" were mixed in.

Anyone have any ideas what remix this was?

― just another chicagoan (just another chicagoan), Friday, 19 May 2006 04:33 (twenty years ago)

And just so that my post isn't completely useless:

27) Madvillain - Rhinestone Cowboy (Four Tet Remix)

And all the other remixes off that EP. They're great stuff, but damn if Four Tet didn't have to dig so hard to find those 1-2 second unfamiliar snippets that he uses to build the new mixes.

― just another chicagoan (just another chicagoan), Friday, 19 May 2006 04:43 (twenty years ago)

(65 and 40 are the same track)

― koogs (koogs), Friday, 19 May 2006 11:07 (twenty years ago)

26. Sleeparchive remix of Modeselektor's Dancing box.

I have absolutely no idea what he uses from the original track.

― jimnaseum (jimnaseum), Friday, 19 May 2006 11:24 (twenty years ago)

25 (another) depeche mode - the "grabbing hands" mix of everything counts (which appears on NME's Indie City comp from back in the day) has some stuff in there you can recognise if you listen enough, and is bonkers

― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Friday, 19 May 2006 12:38 (twenty years ago)

seven months pass...

24 Young Dro - Shoulder Lean (Curtis Vodka's Shoulder Bounce remix)
brand new beat, tempo, vibe with a couple of vocal snippets and a verse or two.

― yours fondly, harshaw. (mrgn), Saturday, 13 January 2007 00:16 (nineteen years ago)

23 - Depeche Mode - "Sinner in Me (Ricardo Villalobos Remix)"

― Cameron Octigan (Cameron Octigan), Saturday, 13 January 2007 19:27 (nineteen years ago)

22. Nine Inch Nails - March of the F**kheads

Adrian Sherwood mangles March of The Pigs - I cannot see what was taken from the original

21. Chemical Brothers - Leave Home (Sabres of Paradise remix)

Doesn't bear any resemblance to the original

― Mike Prouten (mikey p), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 12:21 (nineteen years ago)

radio slave is getting into the habit of doing these of late.

20. the knife 'we share our mothers health' (rs mix) - has sound of karin dreijer inhaling for one second, maybe.
19. moby ft. debbie harry 'new york, new york' (rs mix) - nothing from the original, including no sign of guest vocalist at all. (also: totally awesome!!)

― slackety yax (H2-H4), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 12:56 (nineteen years ago)

18. 'Don't Stand So Close To Me '86' - The Police

― M T (BlackIronPrison), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 14:27 (nineteen years ago)

22. Nine Inch Nails - March of the F**kheads

wow, you're not kidding. This is Aphex-worthy.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 14:59 (nineteen years ago)

yo la tengo - 'autumn sweater' (tortoise remix)

if i remember right, they change the time signature to 5/4 and leave out the vocals entirely

― 6335 (6335), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 18:14 (nineteen years ago)

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