Everybody’s Got R-R-R-Remix Fever
It seems like everybody is getting into the whole “Music 2.0″ thing lately by letting their fans remix songs. Here are a few examples.
Radiohead has offered up the track “Nude” for musical sacrifice to all you Ableton-ites out there. The only catch? You have to pay $0.99 for each part of the song off of iTunes (vocal, bass, guitar, drums, strings). If you’re track is voted into the top 10 on RadioheadRemix.com, the band will listen to your sweet tune. Not much of a prize, we know, but hey, maybe they’ll ask you to open up their next tour or something! So I guess keep working on your best Thom Yorke impression there kid.
English math-rock whiz kids Foals are asking fans to remix their song “Electric Bloom.” You can find all the info and the files right here, courtesy of Last.fm.
Although they aren’t offering you the chance to remix their songs, L.A. noise makers Health had some of their friends try their hand at a track or two. The tracklist includes remixes by Crystal Castles, Thrust Lab, Pink Skulls, and many more. You can preorder the album, Health//Disco, over at Insound or get your grubby hands on a copy when it’s released on May 13th.
Bookmark this article!
Well, I hope something good comes out of either remix competition. Cursive’s winning results for Bad Sects were all horrible - they could have remixed something fairly bland into something interesting, but instead all the winners did was paint electronics all over it and cut it up a little without significantly altering or improving the song. LAME.