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Originally Posted by BrotherLovesDub
without addressing the quality of the remix in question, i just want to point out again, that right or wrong, remixing is now more or less just adding a few samples from the original track over a piece of music that is identifiable by that remixers personal style. the old style 1980s extended mix remixes are gone. i haven't heard many remixes in the last 10 years that weren't completely new backing tracks with a few sprinkles from the original track left intact. not acknowledging that fact is to be blind to the last 10-20 years of remix culture.
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Clearly we're listening to different remixes!
I regularly download 5-10 mixes a week from hybridized.org or Mixdepot.com, and yes, i agree with you that whilemany remixes are quite different from the originals, there are still most often more than "a few samples" or "sprinkles" left intact. Admittedly, most of the mixes i enjoy are progressive, electro or breaks sets, if that makes any difference.
but when i know the original tune, i can recognize it's essence in the remix. So, i don't think i'm being blind to remix culture, because it's not just junking a vocal on a new composition. Take most of the other UW remixes we've had by other artists since Beaucoup Fish, ten years ago till today: Most of them had quite recognizeable parts of the original in addition to the vocal...and still managed to be unique creations of the remixer.
Yes, the days of an extended mix where a lil beat or EQ was tweaked are gone. But i'd like to think that there are clever(er) producers who can work with the original tracks in a new way, rather than what LL and others are apparently doing, taking their own song and pasting a vocal on top. That seems to me a cop-out and a bit of a hanging on the coat-tails of the more famous UW to get your record played or sold. For right or for wrong.