The idea isn't bad at all, but the problem with that is that those remixes don't appear out of nowhere. You gotta share your work privately with people you can trust and then maybe they will ask if they can remix the work. +for us to release it, we have to personally like it, not just find it interesting. For example, there's funny irony in that I dislike D&B because almost every song uses that amen break. It's hard for me to stand that. There is an exception though: autonomic D&B. You can guess why it's called "autonomic". Hardstyle, OTOH, it just uses that kick with distorted tails on everything, which takes a lot of the soundscape and is another thing I cannot really stand.
But eventually if this becomes possible for us, I think it's not a bad thing at all. Yeah, some artists do just that. But often it's done between people who have signed to same label. Can't just hand out that stuff before a release to anyone without knowing them personally.
I've also considered that I could take my own moniker and remix our stuff myself as a sideproject. But it might be bit unfair or something. And certainly isn't what I should be doing right now (this thing has got me busy enough).
Also, so far we have got one remix request from a local pop-band to bring some indie spirit to them. Still waiting for their stems though.
What if we don't stick to a genre?
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- KVRian
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- 880 posts since 26 Oct, 2011
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- KVRian
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You got me confused; what is the relation of this to anything here? I'm not an enigma deciphering machine!incubus wrote:Deadmouse thinks the cardinal sin of EDM is to hit a keyboard button...........with a bad beat :hihi;
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- Banned
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Well, it's an ironic satire of him using his "genre" to out a genre.
Thus sticking to not sticking to.
I had a post earlier that was much better, but was ignored completely. Frankly, (no pun intended) I'd rather be a little less like Zappa but nothing like Deadmouse.
Thus sticking to not sticking to.
I had a post earlier that was much better, but was ignored completely. Frankly, (no pun intended) I'd rather be a little less like Zappa but nothing like Deadmouse.
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- KVRian
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- 880 posts since 26 Oct, 2011
Oh, sorry, my brains are rather selective about when they understand satire. Seldom they do at all 
Regarding your earlier post, well, again, it was cryptic to me; I don't even know who the characters are and after googling them up, well, all I can say is I've played Dune 2000... quite a while ago, like around the times when C&C was THE thing.
But I don't think that deadmau5 thing really has much relation to all of this, except maybe on the surface. Genres can be marketed and sticking to them blindly isn't something I'm worried of. What i'm worried of whenever the music varies a lot between the albums (which to me, was easiest to express through the term "genre", which might have been a misnomer). For example, deadmau5 albums never really surprised me in the way I'm talking about. His tunes kind of seem to follow similar soundscapes and structures. At least back when I listened to his music, like 5 years ago. His most surprising thing (if I recall correctly) to me was that he had some tunes that were oriented towards dubstep beat rather than the house beat.
To caricature a bit, imagine having an album where the first song is something done by the Beatles. Then next song is something like Deadmau5, third something off some obscure black metal act.
Regarding your earlier post, well, again, it was cryptic to me; I don't even know who the characters are and after googling them up, well, all I can say is I've played Dune 2000... quite a while ago, like around the times when C&C was THE thing.
But I don't think that deadmau5 thing really has much relation to all of this, except maybe on the surface. Genres can be marketed and sticking to them blindly isn't something I'm worried of. What i'm worried of whenever the music varies a lot between the albums (which to me, was easiest to express through the term "genre", which might have been a misnomer). For example, deadmau5 albums never really surprised me in the way I'm talking about. His tunes kind of seem to follow similar soundscapes and structures. At least back when I listened to his music, like 5 years ago. His most surprising thing (if I recall correctly) to me was that he had some tunes that were oriented towards dubstep beat rather than the house beat.
To caricature a bit, imagine having an album where the first song is something done by the Beatles. Then next song is something like Deadmau5, third something off some obscure black metal act.
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- KVRian
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Wish I had, cinema just ain't my thing apart from couple of directors like David Lynch and Lars Von Trierincubus wrote:You don't know what Dune is in that context?
Mods, please ban him
Ok, but it was perfect, if you followed the film.
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- KVRAF
- 13135 posts since 7 May, 2006 from Southern California
Dune is a David Lynch film.Functional wrote:Wish I had, cinema just ain't my thing apart from couple of directors like David Lynch and Lars Von Trier
I really like it when my favorite artists try different styles. It shows that their interests evolve in a way that I can identify with. Sometimes it seems like a band will stick with a certain sound or genre I guess, out of some kind of fan service. But who am I to judge another person's creative output?
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- KVRian
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- 880 posts since 26 Oct, 2011
Much like Star Wars... which I've seen, most of them. And I didn't like them!incubus wrote:It's a "sci fi" essential. That part is as important to popular culture as the iphone or twatter.
Oh my god, you are correct! I thought he wasn't into sci-fi, but I was wrong it seems. Guess I should watch it thenjustin3am wrote:Dune is a David Lynch film.
Yeah, makes sense. I mean, personally I also love specifically artists who do indeed explore new kind of styles and soundscapes. But obviously here we're talking about an album in itself, so it's bit different I guess. But then again, I think I got the adequate answer for that question especially from janjustin3am wrote:I really like it when my favorite artists try different styles. It shows that their interests evolve in a way that I can identify with.
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- KVRAF
- 26033 posts since 20 Oct, 2007 from gonesville
Dune was "a David Lynch film". Last time I saw it, hilariously the credits read "An Alan Smithee Film'. Which is the credit when a director takes his name off a film, officially.
Lynch met with George Lucas about a Star Wars picture and hung out with him for part of a day. He describes getting an enormous headache during this. He turned it down.
Lynch met with George Lucas about a Star Wars picture and hung out with him for part of a day. He describes getting an enormous headache during this. He turned it down.
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- KVRian
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Why did Lynch take off his name from it? He disliked it in the end?
Can't say I'm surprised. If I had to guess, in terms of how film is made, George Lucas and David Lynch are from different planets.jancivil wrote:Lynch met with George Lucas about a Star Wars picture and hung out with him for part of a day. He describes getting an enormous headache during this. He turned it down.
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- KVRian
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Speaking of film... as I've watched recently Antichrist again, I was surprised to hear something awfully familiar in there. And familiar not like "I've seen this movie already years ago", but like, "I've heard this many times"
So it turns out that Dan Richmond (Clubroot) has sampled the movie. In particular, from 3:30 onwards. And no, the thing never occured to me from the song name (as it should have). There's also the relation to the subject as this particular album, II - MMX, sort of makes sense to me when you listen to it as an album. Especially with strong cues like this. Sonic palette isn't necessarily the widest out there, but in terms of actual rhythmic work, percussion and the like, there are lot of spicing (despite using the 4/4 signature in everything, which kind of seems standard these days in electronic music).
So it turns out that Dan Richmond (Clubroot) has sampled the movie. In particular, from 3:30 onwards. And no, the thing never occured to me from the song name (as it should have). There's also the relation to the subject as this particular album, II - MMX, sort of makes sense to me when you listen to it as an album. Especially with strong cues like this. Sonic palette isn't necessarily the widest out there, but in terms of actual rhythmic work, percussion and the like, there are lot of spicing (despite using the 4/4 signature in everything, which kind of seems standard these days in electronic music).
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- KVRian
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That's the spirit. I mean, in terms of keeping it real.jancivil wrote:Lynch was very unhappy at the edits done under the producer Rafaella de Laurentis' aegis.
'butchered'...