So i got approached by a guy called Alex Coollook (yeah i know, but that is his stage name) representing a label called Destination Sunshine. He had listened to some of my pop trance productions and wanted me to remix a track called "Prague 2011" by a Max Fishler.
I was very happy with being approached like this out of the blue and ofcourse agreed. The track was a fairly straight forward progressive trancer. I asked him "what style do you want on the remix?" since i run projects in different genres. "Do what you feel is best" he said.
So I did, i created the most twisted tech trancer ive done so far. I kind of knew what response i would get, but i honestly couldn't stand making a standard uplifting trance piece out of the material (i did try at first, but it turned out to be uninspired meaningless shit) so i just went with whatever came into my mind.
I presented the track to him, and, as expected, got a response somewhere along the lines of "uh... okay..?". Its kind of unfortunate that i missed out on a contract like that, but when it all came down to it i didnt really want to conform myself musically, specially when he gave me "free hands". And since i am recieving support from elsewhere from people who like this sound i already had a back-up plan and could look at the situation somewhat humorously. It also gave birth to a little internal meme. Whenever someone in the group gets a remix job they dont know what to do with, just 'Starstruck' it :p
The track is now remade into a Starstruck original, which is a first since ive only used the name for remixes previously.
The track name originates from the jazz singer Madeleine Peyroux, since im in love with her song "Once in a while", which is also the song the breakdown chords are inspired from.
Listen if you want to. /Kris
PS. This is fast, repetative and monotone music. I dont expect anyone to like or agree with that, but it is intentional so you'll just have to accept it ¨
Well okay, I listened it through. I'm not the expert on tech trance but the b-part after the breakdown seems a little bland since it is basically the same thing as the a-part before the breakdown. You could introduce some new elements in the b-part to get the tune really going bat shit crazy?
Old Sander Van Doorn stuff is amazing influence techtrance influences
On May 14 2011 03:49 Starparty wrote: that is a great sound going in that track. And i totally get what you mean, but i find some weird sense of satisfaction in the repetition
Oh yeah, repetition is one of the things of course that got me into EDM back in the days. But to remember with repetition should be some sort of progression also.
i havent signed it just yet, so im gonna take it to heart, listen to it for a few days and make my mind up. ther could possibly be room for some mid range percussion or mabye even a pad, but it might also derail the sound so it need to be done with precision
I quite like this... I don't usually listen to trance, atleast not that often, but I feel this has some good variation from the usual stuff. I'd like more of this kind of sound.
On May 14 2011 05:22 Vestras wrote: I quite like this... I don't usually listen to trance, atleast not that often, but I feel this has some good variation from the usual stuff. I'd like more of this kind of sound.
Also, what software do you use?
My studio consists of: Ableton Live 8 running on win7 ultimate M-Audio Delta 44 soundcard 2x Genelec 8020bpm monitors 1 pair of Senheizer HD350 pro headphones M-Audio Oxygen 49 replica midi keyboard Sylenth1 software synthesizer Orchestral software synthesizer Vengeance Sound Electro Essentials v2 samples and a bunch of waves plugs for mastering, notably L3 MultiMaximizer and MaxxBass
I also use the free time stretch program Paulstretch frequently
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