Tag Archives: Remix Theory

Relevant Band + Relevant Band = Relevant Remix?

By Carles | October 1, 2009

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Phoenix – Love Like a Sunset (Animal Collective Remix/Deakin’s Jam)
2 of the most relevant bands of the year, Phoenix and Animal Collective ‘collab’ to output a remix of some song. I feel like this takes me back to the bloghouse era, when the most relevant bloghouse bands would create alt-synergy by remixing one another. [...]

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Miss u Remix Economy.

By Carles | September 10, 2009

Photo via HRO, October 2k8

[MP3]
Au Revoir Simone Another Likely Story (Neon Indian Remix)
Does n e 1 remember the glory days of 2k7-2k8, back when ‘remixes’ were something to get ‘fucking pumped up about’ with your bros. Now that they have become such deliberate marketing strategies, it is more difficult to ‘get wrapped up in [...]

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Classixx rmx of the Holy Ghost!

By Carles | July 12, 2009

[MP3]
Holy Ghost! I Will Come Back (Classixx Acapulco Nights Version)
I remember when Classixx remixed that one Phoenix song called “Lisztomania” and people listened to their version more than the original version. I think that is when they became ‘authentic remixers who were highly in demand.’ Feel like as time has gone on, [...]

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Miss the days of DJ mixes + [HIGHLY BLOGGABLE] electro

By Carles | May 17, 2009

Aeroplane seem like chill bros who just throw down authentic electro tracks. I feel like it is important for electro artists to establish themselves as ‘coverable’ artists by the mainstream internet magazines and blogs. This is usually done by remixing popular indie artists. Popular indie artists will only select u 2 [...]

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