This time, he took "Gymo" (not "Gyno", you perv), in itself a nod to Erik Satie (who influenced some of Sakamoto's Impressionist piano colorings like BTTB), and stuttered it up, added simple beeps, and soft background percussion. What's really kewl is this is a followup, after I recommended he check out Noto + Sakamoto, and taking my words to heart, came up with this, which you can DOWNLOAD:
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It's deliciously glitchy with a time-treasured blend of clicks + cuts — on the experimental side without descending into DSP wonkery sadness — and I'm honored! ROCK ON, MAXIMUS!
Have you done a remix of my music? Let me know… I may very well have to tell the world about it!
Awhile back with solo piano 7 — now downloaded over 100,000 times on the Internet Archive — I encouraged prospective remixers to do their best and take my works in new directions. I was more interested in experimental/glitchy remixes still retaining strong melody than, say, 4/4 straightahead dancefloor looping, but Maximus Fowler of Maximus Productions has come up with the best of both worlds! Listen to his remix of "Swayless" which you can DOWNLOAD (MP3, no crap DRM!):
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and here's the my original which you can also DOWNLOAD:
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What I particularly enjoyed about his take was the bleeps and stutters he added at points; somewhat reminiscent of the transcendental collaborations Ryuichi Sakamoto + Alva Noto mastered, with a twinge of BT's This Binary Universe (one of my faves). Always luv influences coming back in a fresh way!
Ah, the paradox of “short and sweet”: make it longer, and the sense of novelty wears off and you’re left feeling unsatisfied as you might’ve been with a tighter package. This is why great comedians don’t drag on the punchline. This is why great advertising gets to the point, even if it’s a mysterious one. And this is why, despite the better part of myself wailing, “Why won’t they make more levels!??”, that likely won’t happen. But for what it’s worth, Transmigration is a fantastic audiovisual feast:
If you like excellent dancefloor fillers — COMPARE! Esp. towards the end:
Sasha – “Who Killed Sparky?”
Nathan Pink – “The Sky Was Pink (James Holden Remix)”
The first came second. I haven’t heard the two mixed adjacently in a set yet, but here’s an op. Both are magnificent tracks, but I prefer the former because it has a subtle edge of variation and excitement which I’ve hardly heard since Holden’s own “A Break in the Clouds”, prolly one of the bestest electronic musics of ALL-TIME.
… from Maximus Productions aka Max Fowler, the same badass remixer who reworked my piano performance of "Strayless"! OH, DREAMS COME TRUE!