Top 100 remixes that have little or nothing to do with the original.

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Ok, I need someone to help me out with this one. At a hipster dance party a couple months ago the mix playing before the band took the stage had a completely deconstructed remix of "Funkytown" by Lipps, Inc. It took about 2-3 minutes before I recognized the bassline, and then about 2-3 minutes later the synth line and the vocals "Gotta move on" were mixed in.

Anyone have any ideas what remix this was?

― just another chicagoan (just another chicagoan), Friday, 19 May 2006 04:33 (seventeen years ago) link

And just so that my post isn't completely useless:

27) Madvillain - Rhinestone Cowboy (Four Tet Remix)

And all the other remixes off that EP. They're great stuff, but damn if Four Tet didn't have to dig so hard to find those 1-2 second unfamiliar snippets that he uses to build the new mixes.

― just another chicagoan (just another chicagoan), Friday, 19 May 2006 04:43 (seventeen years ago) link

(65 and 40 are the same track)

― koogs (koogs), Friday, 19 May 2006 11:07 (seventeen years ago) link

26. Sleeparchive remix of Modeselektor's Dancing box.

I have absolutely no idea what he uses from the original track.

― jimnaseum (jimnaseum), Friday, 19 May 2006 11:24 (seventeen years ago) link

25 (another) depeche mode - the "grabbing hands" mix of everything counts (which appears on NME's Indie City comp from back in the day) has some stuff in there you can recognise if you listen enough, and is bonkers

― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Friday, 19 May 2006 12:38 (seventeen years ago) link

seven months pass...

24 Young Dro - Shoulder Lean (Curtis Vodka's Shoulder Bounce remix)
brand new beat, tempo, vibe with a couple of vocal snippets and a verse or two.

― yours fondly, harshaw. (mrgn), Saturday, 13 January 2007 00:16 (seventeen years ago) link

23 - Depeche Mode - "Sinner in Me (Ricardo Villalobos Remix)"

― Cameron Octigan (Cameron Octigan), Saturday, 13 January 2007 19:27 (seventeen years ago) link

22. Nine Inch Nails - March of the F**kheads

Adrian Sherwood mangles March of The Pigs - I cannot see what was taken from the original

21. Chemical Brothers - Leave Home (Sabres of Paradise remix)

Doesn't bear any resemblance to the original

― Mike Prouten (mikey p), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 12:21 (seventeen years ago) link

radio slave is getting into the habit of doing these of late.

20. the knife 'we share our mothers health' (rs mix) - has sound of karin dreijer inhaling for one second, maybe.
19. moby ft. debbie harry 'new york, new york' (rs mix) - nothing from the original, including no sign of guest vocalist at all. (also: totally awesome!!)

― slackety yax (H2-H4), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 12:56 (seventeen years ago) link

18. 'Don't Stand So Close To Me '86' - The Police

― M T (BlackIronPrison), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 14:27 (seventeen years ago) link

22. Nine Inch Nails - March of the F**kheads

wow, you're not kidding. This is Aphex-worthy.

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 14:59 (seventeen years ago) link

yo la tengo - 'autumn sweater' (tortoise remix)

if i remember right, they change the time signature to 5/4 and leave out the vocals entirely

― 6335 (6335), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 18:14 (seventeen years ago) link

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