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Ian White wanted more S&D's, and this one I'm quite interested in (+ it ties some recent themes together). So is that exclusive Timbaland remix of Marquee Moon essential? Etc. Favorite and non-favorite remixes (obscure, deleted, hard-to-find, doesn't matter).

― Omar, Wednesday, 2 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

There's a remix of Lloyd Cole's 'My Bag' available somewhere. That's entertaining. I seem to recall that the remixes of 'Perfect Skin' and 'Lost Weekend' are fun, too. Haven't actually heard any of them in a while.

― the pinefox, Wednesday, 2 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

sorry to bring this one up again, but Nino's remix of The House Crew's Euphoria is untouchable, while the original is mediocre.

― gareth, Wednesday, 2 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

oh, and dmx krew's remix of cylob's rewind is cool too

― gareth, Wednesday, 2 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

remixes that are good:

tribe called quest - 'scenario (remix)' : sounds like a party, rocks a party, etc. ten times better than the original.

de la soul - 'buddy (remix)' with monie love added to the already long guest lineup and sounds far weirder than the coldcut 'paid in full' mix but always overlooked. fuck coldcut.

craig mack - 'flava in ya ear-remix (dirty)' actually this is the version that most people know but technically it's the remix. biggie and ll cool j and busta rhymes and rampage on one already hot beat? yes, please.

the fugees - nappy heads (remix). best thing they ever did, melodic and urgent, everyone sounds so young and full of talent. the part where pras impersonates louie armstrong is amazing. i can't believe wyclef could go from 'condition critical, spirit over who's the physical / so if i die catch me at the funeral / i'll fly away, oh glory / with a mic in my hand to a land where only god knows me / and the angels write raps on holy paper / i said i'm lookin for jesus, he said take the escalator / one flight up, is guaranteed you'll be there / my sister be there, my mother be there' to horrible crossover songs with wrestlers. wasted talent. and lauryn hill is really the greatest female mc of all time.

wu-tang clan - triumph (funkstorung remix) : i know i'll catch heat for this (well, if anyone cared what i like, i might) but this is incredible. the ambient melody parts and the twitchy beat for the first verse is good enough, but then it BREAKS DOWN, and the rza part starts and it's like some fractured laserblast take on hiphop, only GOOD. and then the melody comes back and the song ends. a triumph (sorry).

m.o.p - ante up (funkmaster flex remix) : take song, add busta, add some woman, add videogame noises on clean version, make song longer, grunt randomly, chop beat up. repeated references to 'goddamned diamonds' are ace. and i just realised i have two songs with busta on them where someone says 'fuck hiphop'. hmm. fuck busta.

kid606 vs. nwa- 'straight outta compton' : i'm going to have to go with the crowd here, an amazing example of beatfuckery. ice cube sounds more powerful than ever.

slick rick - 'it's a boy (remix)' : large professor smoothes out it. catchy.

dr.octagon - 'blue flowers (prince paul mix)' : goes for subtle touches where the original goes for blatant smears. prince paul always beats automator anyway, but here he REALLY does. the best production keith has ever had.

tribe called quest - 'oh my god (remix)' : having q-tip sing the chorus much better than busta rhymes. why does he keep popping up on this damned list?

de la soul - 'stakes is high (remix)' : mos def plus that bassline equals bliss.

dilated peoples - 'rework the angles' : nice with the bruce lee part, and they added XZIBIT! genius.

kool g rap - 'first nigga (primo remix)' : i just got this, but damn. hot. best premier scratching ever?

remixes that are bad:

all those new ones that just add other popular artists and don't change the beat (unless the beat is already nice and the guest artists are good, see: the flava in ya ear remix, above)

oh, and word to the jungle brothers: STAY AWAY FROM TECHNO REMIXES. that said, the teranova remix of 'jungle brother' is quite good.

― ethan, Wednesday, 2 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Some essentials:

Sneaker Pimps - Spin Spin Sugar (Armand Van Helden Remix)

Omni Trio - Renegade Snares (Foul Play VIP Mix)

Aaliyah - One In A Million (Remix)

Artful Dodger - Woman Trouble (Wideboys Remix)

Basement Jaxx - Jump & Shout (Stanton Warriors Remix)

88.3 - Wishing On A Star (Urban Takeover Dub)

Bjork - Big Time Sensuality (Plaid Remix)

Seefeel - Time To Find Me (Aphex Twin Remixes)

Beats International - Dub Be Good To Me (Smith & Mighty Remix)

Valerie M - Tingles 2000 (Artful Dodger Remix)

and my current favourites:

Mel B - Want You Back (jungle remix)

Cleptomaniacs - All I Do (Bump & Flex Dancehall Dub)

― Tim, Thursday, 3 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Nice. So i'll start my one selection:

Search:

Two Tribes (extended 10 minute mix) - Frankie Goes To Hollywood (still hasn't aged, great instrumental intro with Baudrillardian statements by pseudo-Reagan voice about wars where nobody turns up.)

Happy Station (Ben Liebrand scratch mix) - Fun Fun (genius scratch intro and a blissfull collection of stops and turns).

Nothing Really Matters (Kruder & Dorfmeister rmx) - Madonna (a true dub-disco symphony)

Ready or Not (DJ Hype rmx) - Fugees (The only good Fugees track ever gets even better with banging drum 'n bass base)

Expo 2000 (DJ Rolando rmx) - Kraftwerk (one of my recent favorites, sort of every technoboy's dream combination)

Tour de France (Francois Kevorkian rmx) - Kraftwerk

Share the Fall (Grooverider's Jeep Beat rmx)- Reprazent (maybe my favourite rmx ever. love the way it starts out like the original and shifts into a banging rubbery bass roller)

Your Sound (rmx) - J Majik (makes the original even wilder with rewind-intro).

More where that came from, have to be in front of my records though ;)

― Omar, Thursday, 3 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I have a soft spot for the New York mix of 'This Charming Man', too.

― the pinefox, Thursday, 3 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

pf - is that in a kitsch way? It's absolutely dreadful! I can't believe that the 'Disco Sucks' campaign had taken such a hold of New York that by 1983 their idea of a 'dance mix' was something calculated to make you sit down and not be entirely sure you ever want to get up again.

― Nick, Thursday, 3 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

what's all this techno shite?

― ethan, Thursday, 3 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I always liked the Roni Size remix of Sarah McLaughlan's "Sweet Surrender". It actually made me think her voice was beautiful. Also worth checking out are the DJ Shadow mix of Massive Attack's "Karmacoma" and the Sly and Robbie mix of the Fugees' "Ready Or Not".

Christian Marclay does the best remixes in my opinion (esp. the John Cage mix from More Encores where he pasted fragments of other John Cage records back together to form a single album. Now that's what I call a remix).

― Dave M., Friday, 4 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Nick: I suppose it has some silly effects, but I think it's entertaining, and I like the way that it breaks up the track so that you get to hear different bits in isolation. (There are hundreds of records I would like to hear in that - 'mixing-desk' - way.)

― the pinefox, Friday, 4 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Yeah, that "Share The Fall" remix is excellent, I actually considered listing it. Also the Kruder & Dorfmeister remix of "Heroes" is great (though in all honesty anything from The K & D Sessions could go up here, especially the remix of Lamb's "Trans Fatty Acid" - turned a weak track into a masterpiece.

― Tim, Friday, 4 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

too much techno

― ethan, Friday, 4 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The Autechre remix of Tortise, Adverse Camber, is absolutely fantastic.

― Sterling Clover, Saturday, 5 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

um, a quick look at my cd says that the wu- tang remix is actually 'reunited' and not 'triumph'. oh well, that's what i get for not buying 'forever'. speaking of (and since it's saturday and i can't start a thread for this question), should i? i bought the single because everyone said 'reunited' was the only good song on the album, and it's certainly great, but then (different) people said there were OTHER great songs. i'm confused.

― ethan, Saturday, 5 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ethan, get over it. In which area of music are the vast majority of remixes made (and, I'm tempted to say, an even vaster majority of the *good* ones)?

More suggestions:

Doolally - Straight From The Heart (Bump & Flex Hardstep Dub)

Foul Play - Being With You (Van Kleef Remix)

The Age Of Love - The Age Of Love (Watch Out For Stella Mix)

Basement Jaxx - Jump N' Shout (Boo Slinga Dub)

Morel - True (The Faggot Is You) (Deep Dish Poof Daddy Dub)

Armando - Radikal Bitch (London Fierce Pussy Mix)

Ednah Holt - Serious, Sirius Space Party (Club Mix)

Ten City - Devotion (Bam Bam's House Mix)

Da Click - Good Rhymes (Baaad Rhymes Hip Hop Mix)

― Tim, Saturday, 5 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

more techno?

― ethan, Saturday, 5 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Where did people hear all this stuff before Napster ??

― Patrick, Sunday, 6 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

buying too many expensive records

― ethan, Sunday, 6 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

the remix ep of mike dunn's magic feet (by terrace, edge of motion and like a tim) that cam out on djax-up-beats in about 92 is really nice, and a significant improvement on the overrated '88 original.

the funkstoring album of remixes that they did for bjork, wu-tang clan etc is very boring and disappointing though.

― gareth, Sunday, 6 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"Where did people hear all this stuff before Napster ??"

In clubs of course. Trainspotters sit behind the DJ-booth taking notes of which remix is played out and then post it on newsgroups, after which months of discussion follows. :)

anyway, all of K&D's remixes are indeed brilliant. Got some more:

Roni Size - Music Box (remix)

Dillinja - Deeper Love (remix) (bass is superbad on this one)

ahem...Moby - Go (rainforest mix) (great rave '91 style remix)

Grooverider - Sinister (remix) (very sinister indeed)

Nightmares on Wax - Aftermath (LFO remix)

Primal Scream - Loaded (or should we say Loaded by Andy Weatherall?)

Primal Scream - Higher than the Sun (American Spring remix)

Vainquer - Lyot (Maurizio remix)

Aphex Twin - Icct Hedral (Philip Glass mix)

needless to say:

Hyper-On Experience - Lord of the Null-lines (Foul Play remix)

mmm, the destroy part has to wait again.

― Omar, Sunday, 6 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I have a soft spot for the New York mix of 'This Charming Man', too. I suppose it has some silly effects, but I think it's entertaining, and I like the way that it breaks up the track so that you get to hear different bits in isolation. (There are hundreds of records I would like to hear in that - 'mixing-desk' - way.) (Pinefox)

Aah...the days when someone could take an already-recorded multi- track, chop the existing beats and instruments in & out (with plenty of added delay and gated reverb), and be regarded as some kind of genius for doing it (Francois Kevorkian?).

But seriously I heard that mix a couple of years ago and you're right it's very good - because what's there (especially the guitar) is so exhilarating. And because it's related to the original. The whole thing of the remix being a completely different backing track has become so mundane and routine (although it *was* amazing when it first started to happen). Unfortunately I can't see that convention being overturned.

― David, Sunday, 6 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Yep, as in Propaganda's "P:Machinery" (extended mix). Last 2 minutes built up the track from scratch, adding instrument by instrument. Love that.

― Omar, Monday, 7 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

too much lloyd cole.

― ethan, Monday, 7 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Not enough Lloyd Cole.

― the pinefox, Monday, 7 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

two months pass...

i think this, this, and especially this will appeal.

― Tracer Hand, Friday, 3 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Sorry, that middle link should be this. Oh, what a keeper.

― Tracer Hand, Friday, 3 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

What is it with that Lil Kim remix of Hit Em Up? And also, that Missy remix of Bootylicious. The Lil' Kim is fine until the original vocals kick in, but the Missy one, entierly, just feels... wrong.

― Sterling Clover, Friday, 3 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh. My. God.

Fred Durst sounds GOOD.

That's impressive remix work. Right up there with Tricky working magic with Bush on that Joy Division cover (from the Crow II soundtrack).

― David Raposa, Friday, 3 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Sterling, when I heard that remix, I thought I was losing my mind. That extra verse completely muffs up the song. And the worst part is that DC is performing the remix/extra-verse version LIVE on tour. Ungh. I pity all the TRL fans out there.

Why can't people just stick with the simple shit?

― David Raposa, Friday, 3 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Of course, I'm talking about BOOTYLICIOUS. Duh.

― David Raposa, Friday, 3 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I was really hoping the Missy/Rockwilder remix of "Bootylicious" would be some sort of slamming "Booty..."/"Let's Get Dirty" hybrid. Instead: weird jazzy thing. Which is cool in its own way, but the eerie Trackmaster-produced "Bills Bills Bills Part 2" was/is a much better take on the same idea. Missy on the other hand sounds thoroughly whacked out - worth the price of admission alone, although perhaps not in a good sense.

― Tim, Friday, 3 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

eleven years pass...

Seems noone has updated this in a while so...:

Friendly Fires - Paris (Aeroplane remix feat. Au Revoir Simone)

and Superpitcher to thread.

― Moka, Sunday, 24 February 2013 18:35 (twelve years ago)

Just heard Four Tet's instrumental of The Weight of My Words by Kings of Convenience for the first time in ages and it's really wonderful.

― brotherlovesdub, Sunday, 24 February 2013 19:17 (twelve years ago)

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