I was digging through some old records the other day and found Sasha's remix of Womack & Womack's 'Secret Star'...

I know there's a long history of the likes of Todd Terry and Armand Van Helden basically releasing their own unused material as remixes with little of the original left...

And it's definitely a challenge to remix the likes of Sting or Paul McCartney (as Marc Auerbach and Steve Anderson both did) but what's left of the original version, bar the odd vocal sample?

So, what's the weirdest one you can think of?

I'm rambling now... do you follow? :shock:

Its not wierd because of the artist involved, but more the way it sounds....

Bedrock - Beautiful strange (Rui da silver mix)

Never understood that record.

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bushwaka's mix of walk like an egyptian, absolue waste of time, and really can not understand why he would want to do it

Breeder - Tyrantanic (Slacker's Kingdom Come mix), as briefly featured on communicate....................

absolutely awesome track but sounded nothing like the original, surely they could have gotten away with releasing it as an original production amd made some money !

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U2-Last Night On Earth(First Night In Hell Remix)

Not sure of the remixers,but nothing like the original-good tune though!

senor coconuts re[b]make[/b] of smoke on the water is pretty strange.... makes me think of gay latino party music... but somehow works bang in the middle of fabric 17 (which is aweeeesome)

[quote=2eq";p="47481]Its not wierd because of the artist involved, but more the way it sounds....

Bedrock - Beautiful strange (Rui da silver mix)

Never understood that record.[/quote] WHAT!?!?!?! THAT REMIX IS KILLER :RockOn:

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layo & bushwackas remix of dream on ( by depech mode) what the fuck is that :Wacko: its on there all night album, osunds nothing like the orginal i don't see how ANY of the original is incorpoated in the mix, and its not that great either ( but i still loooove L&B)

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Britney Spears - Breathe On Me (James Holden?s Dub Remix)

Nothing from the original except a deep breathing sound, and totally wierd...it?s like he fucked up the whole track on purpose (thank god!)..the beats all sound like he had some kind of weird gating effect going on, and it?s full of cutups and stuff..

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[quote=Kinetic";p="47822]Britney Spears - Breathe On Me (James Holden?s Dub Remix)

Nothing from the original except a deep breathing sound, and totally wierd...it?s like he fucked up the whole track on purpose (thank god!)..the beats all sound like he had some kind of weird gating effect going on, and it?s full of cutups and stuff..[/quote]

One of the most original tracks imo. I thought that was the purpose of the dub...to only take very small portions of the original.

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I think one of the weirdest remixes I've heard, insofaras it differs from the original greatly, is Armand van Helden's remix of Tori Amos' [i]Professional Widow[/i] - aka [i]It's Gotta Be Big[/i].

The original from Tori's [i]Boys For Pele[/i] album is a sultry, moody and morose journey into beautiful sounds.

Armand van Helden ...well... hmm.

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[quote=skahound";p="47884][quote=Kinetic";p="47822]Britney Spears - Breathe On Me (James Holden?s Dub Remix)

Nothing from the original except a deep breathing sound, and totally wierd...it?s like he fucked up the whole track on purpose (thank god!)..the beats all sound like he had some kind of weird gating effect going on, and it?s full of cutups and stuff..[/quote]

One of the most original tracks imo. I thought that was the purpose of the dub...to only take very small portions of the original.[/quote]

I didn?t explain it properly. For sure the purpose of a dub is just that, but the point is that the sound of the track itself is unusual, it?s like it stutters, and the sound is cut up. The 1st time I listened to it, I even thought there was something wrong with the record.

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zabiela remix of pole folder-dust.

sounds nothing at all like the original

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Weird remix: Orbital - Halycon (live with Bon Jovi - you give love a bad name, and Belinda Carlisle - Heaven is a place on earth) ... a weird weird mashup.

Some good remixes: Chemical Brothers feat. the flaming lips - The Golden Path Adam Freeland - We want your soul (Ed Rush & Optical remix) Kylie Minogue - Come into my world (Fischerspooner remix) Zoot Woman - Grey Day (Paper Faces remix) Annie Lennox - Wonderful (Sander Kleinenberg remix) Nalin & Kane - Live at the Crystal Palace (Bedrock remix) Conjure One - Tears from the moon (Hybrid remix) Tears for fears - Shout (skylark remix) Mary J. Blige - Family Affair (Luke Fair remix) Planet Funk - Inside all the People (Deep Dish remix) Tiga & Zynthrius - Sunglasses at Night (Tom Middleton remix)

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unkle - in a state (sasha rmx)

better than original

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other great one's by Dekay:

Madoka - Distant Memories (Matthew Dekay remix) Matthew Dekay - If I could fly (Groovecollector's unreleased mix) Matthew Dekay - If I could fly (Madoka's flying standy mix) Van Bellen & Greed - City Light's (Dekay's remix) Matthew Dekay - Higher Thought's (Steve Porter remix)

and other random good one's: Bjork - Kindness (Dislocated Imposters remix) Bjork - Pagan Poetry (Infusion Remix) Habersham & Numinous - Leaving Tifton (Digital Witchcraft remix) New Order - Blue Monday (Infusion remix) Pat Fosheen - The Unthinkable (Habersham's mah sive remix) Ian Brown - Fear (Unkle remix) Evanescence - Hello (Trifactor vs Gabriel & Dresden remix) Oakenfold - Zoo York (Leama remix) D Hooligan - Hear you now (Grand chillas mix) Kosheen - All in my head (Planet funk mix) Will Saul - Cliff (Infusion remix) Dirty Vegas - Days go by (Scumfrog vocal mix) DJ Remy - Radiate (Mike Monday remix) Son Kite - On air (Lemon 8 remix) 21st Century fux - Sunspirit (Ivan Gough and Luke Chable remix) James Holden - A break in the Clouds (Ozgur can I have put out the love below edit) Tilt - The world doesn't know (Ozgur can dub) Perc - Ice cream for Kenton (spartek remix) Nathan Fake - The sky was pink (James Holden remix) 16b - Escape to Heaven (Deep Dish remix) EBTG - Lullaby of Clubland (Chris Micali remix) Habersham - Rhetorical Question (Chris Micali remix) Pink Floyd - The Wall (Andro remix) Christian Cambus - It Scares me (Chris Micali remix) Dave Gahan - Stay (Christian Cambus remix) Viton & Stel - Wooden Swordz (Christian Cambus remix) Jase from outta Space - Do what you want (Infusion remix)

Bedrock's remix of Way Out West's 'The Fall'

Soooo not like the original at all! Could've easily been passed off as an original production, and as far as prog house goes it's pretty damn original in itself! Easily one of my favourite tracks.

Deep Dish on Dido's "Thank you"

Sucks hard IMHO