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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!

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

I didn't recognise the original '82 was the year before I was born!

lol, Maybe I'm an old fart!
does anyone have feedback on this track?

feedback anyone??? pleeeeeease?

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!

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!

fellow old fart reporting in.

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

laurie anderson.

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

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 !

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

@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!

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.

thanks for comment!

I've put it on zshare:

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

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

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

Very nice! Well done.

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?

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.

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!

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.