On Remixes

[heavens_night]

There's an aweful lot of them when it comes to bands like Underworld, aren't there? Those cryptic titles in parentheses are all over the place in dance music. It got me wondering how all the stuff gets finalized. Are remixes essentially an open forum, open to anybody willing to submit their take on a particular track? It seemed that way when Orbital held a remix contest on their website several years ago. Or are certain select artists comissioned by the creator to remix material? I suppose both possibilities are likely to be true. In that case, which is more common?

And about Underworld remixes, Does anyone know the origin of some of those weird tags in parentheses they decided to brand much of their remixed material with? Stuff like "14996," "Irish Pub in Kyoto," "Dobropet," and my personal favorite from the Jumbo single, "Vertical Bacon." .... Can somebody tell me WHAT is up with that?