[Classic Alert]Laurie Anderson 'O Superman' REMIX [320 in!]

zorq · Post by **zorq** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:00 pm

I was browsing through my old records and stumbled upon "O Superman" by Laurie Anderson, which was strangely enough a big hit around 1982. In my opinion a very important song in electronic/samplebased music. I played it and before the 9-minute epos was over I fired up my MacBook to remix it. I rearranged the original vocals and meoldies and programmed beats and bass (with the good old Nord Lead) and a shitload of fx around it and I think I kept a fair piece of the original vibe....

Download it and please tell me what you think!

http://www.megaupload.com/nl/?d=MEHZCWX3 [320]

or

http://www.zshare.net/audio/999284584ae949/ [320]

if you just want to check: http://www.myspace.com/zorq, but that's at a very low bitrate.

cheers!

zorq · Post by **zorq** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:05 am

Does anyone even know this song? If not, ask your parents!

DFRNT · Post by **DFRNT** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:14 am

I didn't recognise the original

'82 was the year before I was born!

zorq · Post by **zorq** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 12:25 pm

lol, Maybe I'm an old fart!

does anyone have feedback on this track?

zorq · Post by **zorq** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 3:24 pm

feedback anyone??? pleeeeeease?

Doctor J · Post by **Doctor J** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 4:00 pm

I enjoy remixes of classics and this one is really nice. I remember Laurie Anderson; she was a multimedia performance artist back before the days where everybody became a multimedia performance artist

Anyway, good stuff...will play it out, for sure. Thanks!

zorq · Post by **zorq** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 5:36 pm

cheers!
That will mean a lot to me. I know I'm going to play it myself, but if someone else will it'll be very much appreciated. That's the biggest compliment!

djshiva · Post by **djshiva** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:12 pm

fellow old fart reporting in.

only got to listen to the myspackle link thus far, but i am loving it!!!!

laurie anderson.

kaiten · Post by **kaiten** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:13 pm

Good stuff. No idea about the original but this version rips.

rodeemus_pryme · Post by **rodeemus_pryme** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:45 pm

never herd the orig but this version sounds nice !

what programme do u use ?

check out my tracks at

www.myspace.com/rodeemuspryme

word up for the mp3 !

zorq · Post by **zorq** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 7:16 am

Thanks!!! I'm radiating right now...

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@Rodeemus_Pryme, I use Ableton live 7 and reason 4, NI Massive, Addictive Drums, Nord Lead 2 and a MacBook..
I'll checck your stuff rightaway!

accomplice · Post by **accomplice** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 8:23 am

The download limit is reportedly exceeded.

I'm listening to this on your myspace page at the moment, and I would definitely love to have a 320 to play out; I think that the original might be known to some around these parts.

Respect.

zorq · Post by **zorq** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:04 am

thanks for comment!

I've put it on zshare:

http://www.zshare.net/audio/999284584ae949/

rodeemus_pryme · Post by **rodeemus_pryme** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 4:25 pm

word up for that bruv , let me know what u think of my tunes yeh !

washington · Post by **washington** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 3:41 pm

I guess I am an old fart because I know the original.

Very nice! Well done.

gomb · Post by **gomb** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 3:50 pm

The intro doesn't do this track justice. At first I was pretty skeptical, but the track is really nice once it gets into it. Big up your face.

eta - do I hear metroid samples in there?

djshiva · Post by **djshiva** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 4:37 am

ok here's my feedback. gonna be brutally honest, but don't hate me, i dunno any other way to be.

love love love the intro. i am a laurie anderson fan from waaaay back. i love it at the beginning, but my only real gripe is that the bassline (melody-wise) remains fairly static throughout the entire song. there is one basic changeup and a little distorto bit in there, but overall, same thing...repeatedly.

i would really encourage some bass changeups, maybe have the bassline sync to the melody or become a countermelody, even if it only does it briefly.
there is just so much melody to work with in this song for the bassline to be that static.

i think by really working with that melody and bass interchange, this would move from being an "ok" remix to a brilliant one, IMHO.

zorq · Post by **zorq** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 9:21 am

sapphic_beats wrote:ok here's my feedback. gonna be brutally honest, but don't hate me, i dunno any other way to be.

love love love the intro. i am a laurie anderson fan from waaaay back. i love it at the beginning, but my only real gripe is that the bassline (melody-wise) remains fairly static throughout the entire song. there is one basic changeup and a little distorto bit in there, but overall, same thing...repeatedly.

i would really encourage some bass changeups, maybe have the bassline sync to the melody or become a countermelody, even if it only does it briefly.
there is just so much melody to work with in this song for the bassline to be that static.

i think by really working with that melody and bass interchange, this would move from being an "ok" remix to a brilliant one, IMHO.

After a week of listening to it I totally agree with you on that point. working on it as I write! At first I really liked the static bass, now it starts to annoy me after the first 16 bars!

zorq · Post by **zorq** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:40 am

gomb wrote:The intro doesn't do this track justice. At first I was pretty skeptical, but the track is really nice once it gets into it. Big up your face.

eta - do I hear metroid samples in there?

No man, I have to disappoint you, the only samples come from the O Superman original...... I think you refer to the Massive synth.

[Classic Alert]Laurie Anderson 'O Superman' REMIX [320 in!]

[Classic Alert]Laurie Anderson 'O Superman' REMIX [320 in!]

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