Let’s see, it was back in March 2005 when bazooie dragged me over to his house to listen to this one track he was working on. “You’ll really dig it!” he cried, “It has all sorts of strangeness my usual sound doesn’t and so you’ll have fun remixing it! I even used my girlfriend’s voice in it!” Well, I waited for him to complete it. . .and now, my remix is done.

Oh right, so for those that don’t know, bazooie asked me a long while back to remix one of his tracks cause he was interested in remixing “Better Blue.” Yes indeed, the track I did back in 2004. So, time passes and of course, I never see “Better Blue” remixed but I can’t blame him, cause I have trouble sometimes figuring out my own work in FL Studio and for someone coming from the world of Buzz, I had my doubts. But, now let’s fastforward 15 months. He’s now married to said girlfriend and life has changed. However, bazooie actually informs me in June that he has completed this long overdue track (visit his site to download the original) and it was pretty darn good. Needless to say, I get crackin’ on what I believe is an even crazier remix of his original. Hell, it’s not really as much a remix as a total recomposition.

bazooie - Over Oceans (wytebred mix)

Here’s the lowdown on the wytebred mix. I don’t use Buzz, so I ended up pulling everything out by hand (hey Buzz guys, ever heard of a midi exporter?) and transposing it back into FL Studio. This actually worked for the better cause I didn’t get everything, but only the pieces I felt were the strongest and would make the best impact. So, with everything finally imported I began reworking the intro (which I think came out really well) and then the vocals (which I also like, since you can barely tell what she’s mumbling in her dreamy state). There are also some other weird samples I added in for that wytebred flavor and an overall video game vibe from the instruments.

Out of everything in the piece, the orchestral pads came out the blurst. I got carried away and created this stunning orchestral piece to smooth out the background and unfortunately it took over the melody. So much so I kept cutting out sections and pushing it to the back. I just don’t care much for it but it works and adds a bit of human touch to an otherwise computery track. Oh and I think the ending turned out cool too. I figured it was appropriate seeing as how the track is “Over Oceans” to use some recordings I picked up while out in Italy on my fancy new field recorder!

Umm yeah, so in summation, enjoy and go visit bazooie for the original. It may just change your life.