I'm a mixer , you're a mixer, wouldn't you like to be a mixer too? (sung to the Dr. Pepper theme)
I do my best to keep up with the good music blogs because I've been realizing that the underground DIY new generation of "give me Ableton, and I shall remix" producers are kicking ass. With the abundance of DIY (Do It Yourself) acapellas floating around has given rise to a bumper crop of slamming' homemade reconstructions of everything from the latest hip hop tracks to classic eighties oddities.
Although self-remixation (yes I made that word up) has been around since the invention of the bootleg I believe it was the recent mash-up craze that gave rise to these new producers. Having mashed practically every conceivable combination of tracks in the musical blend-o-matic to both good and bad results, the only logical progression was to start crafting their own remixes. Do a search on Google for an artist and it will return a myriad of results for both commissioned and DIY remixes. What this means is that alongside the mixes the labels paid oodles of cash to have done you will find any number of homemade remixes by known and unknown producers. The era of the remixer elite is slowly coming to an end. Don't worry, I'm not heading out to pasture yet.
In the meantime support the purveyors of electronic candy and eat all you wan't, it's sugar free...
Hype Machine
Palms Out Sounds
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