VOTE DIRTY: Dirty Beatport Remix Submissions: voting period is 2nd-16th November

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loving the uncles of wise work!

[undarrenworld]

Can you see that the remix on the top called "Nikols Mendonca Rmx" have 126 spins and only 76 plays? I do not discuss if its good or bad remix, the point is that the voters did not heard this mix!

He must have some sort of a "team" beside him...

[darktrain]

All dirty mixes voted for, but Marshall's and LX's are my favs so far

Come on people it only takes a minute. Vote!

[funkboy3]

Shouts to all the Dirts (unlike yours truly) who submitted a remix. All (that I found in this thread) have been listened to and spun. Good stuff!

-=A=-

[big screen satellite]

so are these mixes gonna be available for download after the event ? cos i'd like teh dirty mixes to have at the very least !!!


send me by pm if you like

[lowbit]

Originally Posted by Lx_Nen

You can hear the 2nd remastering of the 7th mixdown of the 8th version of my 3rd attempt at remixing Bird 1 here:
http://www.beatportal.com/remix/deta...-1-lx-nen-mix/

Wow – have to say I like this almost as much as (or possibly more than, depending on mood) the original. Nice work!

Whether or not it wins, I'd love a copy for listening.

Hopefully UW will get a chance to give it a spin – one of the very few remixes that's actually a substantively new take on the song.

[big screen satellite]

Originally Posted by lowbit

Wow – have to say I like this almost as much as (or possibly more than, depending on mood) the original. Nice work!

Whether or not it wins, I'd love a copy for listening.

Hopefully UW will get a chance to give it a spin – one of the very few remixes that's actually a substantively new take on the song.

its quite brothers in rhythm like - with the keyboards and sax overlays - i like this one too

shame the decent mixes are not top of the 'spins'

[undarrenworld]

Originally Posted by Lx_Nen

Mine is here:
http://www.beatportal.com/remix/deta...-1-lx-nen-mix/

You did a nice work, its really perfect. Could be on riverrun
Spin.

[undarrenworld]

Originally Posted by unwound floors

Do a tiny Australian girl and newbie to the wonderful world of music production a favour? Spin her remix of Bird 1 so she can have the pleasure of saying Karl Hyde and Rick Smith listened to her remix and thought it was rad?

http://www.beatportal.com/remix/deta...toimmunity-mix

Love x

Your remix is great, I would like to have mp3 for listening
Spin.

[reactorstudios]

I submitted a mix hoping for some feedback, and I figured I shouldn't expect any without being prepared to offer a little. After a few days away from the song entirely, here is my collected feedback on the dirty mixes. I tried to offer the good with a little (nit-picky) criticism, as I'd hope to receive in return. I am certainly not a pro, so take my opinions for what you will.
Thanks to everyone that submitted. My own skill set is improving just listening to all the other works. Thanks for the ideas and continued inspiration.

Buji
Synthpop. Killer. This needs Andy Bell or Neil Tennant dropping some oohs and ahhs in the background. Damn that was fun.
I might have dried up the vocal just a bit to give it some pop. ...but I'll just shut up and dance.

LX nen
The opening pad feels like it is gonna lead us into Madonna's Rain (!).........yeah, guilty pleasure.
I love the very UW-ish groove throughout the song. Very, very beautiful take on the track. I can hear the vocal EFX track low in the mix, and I'd love to hear that brought forward more with the main verse vocal dropped entirely. The refrain vocal locks beautifully into your groove, but the verses don't sit quite as well for me. It's tough to remove the drive from the original vocal phrasing, and your mix is too wonderfully chilled-out for those advancing verses. Your treatment of the OSCar lead is fantastic. Brilliant transformation of the track.

Marshall Watson
Another nice job of sneaking the OSCar in the mix without it smacking us in the face. I love the FM that invades the otherwise smooth and round bassline in the track's breakdown. Great to hear all seven stems in the mix, manipulated into a completely different groove. This track just works. Blown away.

In The Black Box
That main gritty synth reminds me of a Gearwhore track or two. Nice use of the robotic vocal as a lead-in to this section.
I could move to this in a very dark club in the deep, dead of night. This a "louder is better" track. The arrangement offers a few nice surprises; I guessed wrong on the direction of this one a few times as it played out. This stays true to all that I love about Dave's radio show. Well done sir.

Autoimmunity
Oooh. I like that flamming cymbal at the intro, and the really hollow kick. I don't love the spoken word bit because it doesn't sit in the mix quite right, but I like where it is in the arrangement. The glassy bell tones really make this a wonderfully eerie track.

JoeBellingham
I am digging the mellow vibe. I think you landed right in the early-underworld groove you were aiming for. I am missing that one extra layer that makes me want to hang around for the entire track, though. I feel a bit like I've taken it all in at the halfway point. Of course, If I were just chillin' on the couch with the lights down low, I'd gladly groove on this for a half hour. I guess it just depends on the mood.

Blue Smoke
You've tracked some great parts here, particularly that mildly squelchy bass line, and the chord changes suprised me (wonderfully) in places. I am a little lost in the mix on this one, though. The vocal seems too low and distant, and at times the bass, pad, and accent synths begin to compete for the same space. The bass could stand to go down a dB or two, and I think an alternate mix where only one component is truly in focus at any given time would really firm up what is a great track.
I struggled mightily with mixing my own track, since I had never done so before. I read in a manual somewhere that always having a single element in focus, and only one element in focus, is key to a great mix. I am simplifying a bit, but it really helped me to understand where to pull things up, and push them back throughout a mix, to keep it interesting. Of course, I have no idea whether or not I was succesful...

Invasion
This one feels so familiar. Whoever put this together just gets me

Soccermomsfix
I wasn't aware there was a class of music geared towards soccer moms
I love the classic surging bass tone. There are a lot of great sounds playing here, but there's no real focus and somethings not gelling for me. Everything seems to be happening all at the same time. Maybe a little ebb and flow... I feel like you could take the vocal out altogether and it would be a step above.

Defrost
I love the ominous, cinematic build. I wish the vocal sat a little more in the mix, rather than on it, in the early parts. Almost an Aphex Twin sort of vibe to pieces of this one. Then it goes NIN in the middle. I didn't think this song could be made creepy. I am impressed.

Phaseblue
I like the isolated "time" sample in the intro. The drums, particularly the "laser" percussion are beautifully programmed and show great restraint. The pad that hits about 2/3 of the way in feels like the payoff that the track builds to, but I am left wanting a bit more from it.