Firstly, I’d like to thank the crew at International Wota for finding my blogs to be worthy of being nominated for the 2008 IW Awards. You can view the full list of nominees or place your vote until January 28th at midnight PST so get voting!

To celebrate my nomination, I’ve decided to post some of my earlier works just to give a little insight as to how I’ve been developing. The following are the remixes that have Asian influences. I have other mixes involving music from other parts of the world as well as some fully original collaborations with a friend that predate all of these mixes and really got me started in doing what I do but I’ll save those for another time.

And in no particular order:

Monochrome Effect (SHAPE-UP mix)
In this minor instrumental makeover, I add a bit of hop, skip, and jump to the percussion and add a bit to the bassline. All in all, I wouldn’t really call this a remix but it spices things up just a bit.

A Sisters’ Lullaby
I can’t find the exact original to this song but below (left) is the best I can do via youtube. This song is originally from the South Korean horror movie “A Tale Of Two Sisters” and acts as the theme for the sad and mysterious story the sisters go through. This is an original arrangement and one of the few where I don’t use any samples from the original track. I figured out the piano by ear and added a bit more to what was already there. For those who follow the Beatmania IIDX series, I was really into “Injection of Love” (below, right) and found the whole electric cabaret genre intriguing. This is me trying to mimic that style, a bit slower, and with some gabber influences as well.

 

Chocolate Disco (johpan remix)
This was my first track with myself playing a live instrument, the guitar. It was a challenge for me to get everything working properly, having to download the proper software to get the proper input to work in what I was using, etc etc. Luckily, in the latest FLStudio, they’ve packaged everything so you don’t need to download ASIO4ALL separately. The johpan remix is actually me working off of an earlier skippy mix where I was playing with the way the bassline and hats effected the rhythm of the song. I should post that later but this is the slightly slower mix with less swing and more 8-bit love. I’m happy with how everything turned out, including my playing around with the panning during the 8-bit section.

Polyrhythm (Broken Sword Mix)
Here’s a fairly recently but unreleased mashup of Perfume technopop with Evol Intent, Mayhem & Thinktank’s “Broken Sword” which I originally heard from the Need For Speed: Most Wanted soundtrack. I ended up getting Dieselboy’s “The Human Resource” and heard it off that too. Nothing much to it. I just have this crazy appetite for mixing genres and this filled it quite well.

Love is forever (johpan remix)
Back in my days of Stickam, I stumbled into a Hardcore DJ going by the name Spunky. I’d lurk her room and play with my lights while she’d be spin some tunes and this was me trying to get played by her. She gave me a lot of feedback with this remix and it went through a lot of changes and me learning about balancing levels and finding what sounds right. I was happy with how it turned out but I never got played. Ah well. I haven’t heard from her in a while. I wonder how she’s doing.

love the world (johpan beta2 mix)
I actually posted this on here but it didn’t get its own post because it was just a beta mix. I haven’t touched it since then but I don’t think it matters all that much since it’s still fun to listen to. I didn’t really do too much to the song but it’s different enough to be interesting. If you wanted a little more of an explanation, take it to the comments. I really just wanna get this post up.

Before I go, I’d just like to say thanks again for the nods and may the best blog win!