2011 – Johan Ess: Occult Celebrity (Solarno’s Death Rattle Remix)
This track steps out of my normal world of writing or remixing. While I have dabbled in industrial in the past and Trent Reznor’s production style has had a significant influence on me at times, the original for this song veers strongly into the avant garde of the industrial scene, and definitely out of my usual sphere of influence. This made for an interesting and very fulfilling challenge as I had to work my usual style around sounds and structures that were basically foreign to...
Read More2011 – Moby: Go (Solarno’s Lounge Attack Remix)
This is a jazzy little remix I did back in 2007 of Moby’s seminal 1990 single Go. I recently decided to remaster it to bring it up to my current harmonic standards. The original master had a decidedly muted sound due to my not being overly familiar with multi band compressing or exciters at the time. In my mind the overall mix still has a few minor issues, but I did not want to go in and start making changes just for the sake of making changes as it still holds its own. I really like the...
Read More2011 – SKatterBrain: King Jellyfish (Solarno’s Disco Death Mix)
A little less evil. A little more disco. That pretty much sums up this remix of SKatterBrain’s dubstep wonder, King Jellyfish. I’ve downplayed the prominent dubstep wobbles in favor of a hard disco feel with a driving bassline. The heavy wobbles of the original now become a bit sparser, intending to add variation and interest. The main vocal hook (“The jellyfish are so heavy”) is used a number of times to glue the track together. To chop up the provided wobble track, I...
Read More2011 – SIDtastic! Volume 5: Remainders
Here it is, SIDtastic! Volume 5! Where the first three were covers of complete albums, and number four was composed of songs from only three artists, volume five is a veritable potpourri of artists. From Europe, to Huey Lewis, to Gloria Estefan, to The Tokens, Volume 5 has a little of everything. As before, all songs contained here were created using the SID chip found in my trusty Commodore 64 between 1988 and 1992. The SID chip allowed for 3 monophonic voices, so each cover was an...
Read More2011 – SIDtastic! Volume 4: Jackson Michael & Oates
Volume 4 of my SIDtastic! collection is here! This volume contains SID-a-fied nuggets from Michael Jackson, George Michael, and Hall & Oates, hence the title Jackson Michael & Oates. Ha. Ha. Ha. Most of these were completed during the summer of 1988, before my senior year of high school. Two were done around Thanksgiving of that year, and two were completed in January of ’89. If I had to pick favorites from this batch, they would be as follows: Man in the Mirror, because...
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