Electronic Pop | House
File this one under, “Better Late Than Never”. Somehow I just stumbled onto this track and fell deeply in love with it. Angus & Julia Stone are a brother-sister duo from Sydney, Australia. This track originally appeared on the duo’s first EP release in 2009 called, Chocolates and Cigarettes. Would love to do a remix of this track, so if any of you know where I can find the stems, please let me know.
Landing somewhere between Dan Black and La Roux is Max Gold. Strong use of 8o’s esque sounds and a bent to the New Romantic style as well.
Max Gold has several demos up here, but the strongest of the bunch is Hold On. It’s simply gorgeous. My other fav is “Eat it Up” which is more along the lines of the Human League.
I just finished two remixes which you can listen to on soundcloud. I did them both for Color Theory‘s new remix EP titled, “The Silence.”
Color Theory – Song Named After a Girl (Odd Year Remix)
The single off the album and a track I approach with a more “bare-bones” mentality. This was done mostly with the bassline that runs throughout and minimal synths except for the chorus sections. I am not a fan of the typical remix, i.e., just speed up the vocals or only use a snippet of vocals and then slam a house beat underneath. I usually take the approach of re-visioning it and asking myself what I would do if I had Brian in the studio to record a new track. I like the stark contrast of a deep bass with Brian’s voice and really wanted to highlight the melody he wrote for the chorus. Hope you all enjoy.
Backseat:
I fell in love with Backseat off of Color Theory’s latest release, The Sound and when the opportunity arose to remix it, I couldn’t resist. This track has the classic depeche mode melancholy to which I wanted to do a more “widescreen” edition of. Hence the rain and thunder efx on the track.
Color Theory – Backseat (Odd Year Remix) by oddyear
Color Theory is the music outlet for one Brian Hazard, who is also known for his mastering production house, Resonance Mastering.