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Shaan
02-06-2012, 10:10 PM
It feels so gooooooood to be baaaaaaack!

Hi DJF. It's been a while, I've cranked out a few tunes since the blackout, but I though I'd share my latest work with you guys. It's a funky house remix of the song Holding Back the Years by Simply Red. It's a free download, and I also have a shorter edit on my Sound Cloud if you don't want the DJ intro.

http://soundcloud.com/shaansaigol/simply-red-holding-back-the-years-shaan-saigol-remix

I'd love to hear any feedback, comments, etc in exchange for some rep.

Thanks for listening, and follow me on the internet:

http://www.soundcloud.com/shaansaigol
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LeFresh
02-08-2012, 08:34 AM
Luv what you did with this!
This will get some play.
Stay Fresh man!

Badger
02-11-2012, 08:50 AM
Shaan, when I saw that you'd remixed "Holding Back the Years," I was practically giddy. "Holding Back the Years" was one of my favourite ballads of the 1980s, and I was confident that you'd do a quality job with it.

First, the bad news: I was really hoping you'd managed to do a full-vocal remix. As much as I was enjoying what was going on, I kept waiting for a verse to kick in, and in that respect, the remix never delivered. It reminded me of the many times that I would take a "gamble" buying a DMC remix issue for a particular track, only to find after the record arrived that the song I wanted didn't include all the vocals.

So, in that context, I can't help but say that I was disappointed.

On the bright side, if I throw away my expectations and just look at the remix for what it was... it's brilliant. The little trios of synth hits brought in around 1:15 remind me a bit of the Bucketheads' "The Bomb," which I love. The stuttering is great. The layers of synths, the filtering, that massive keyboard sequence starting around 3:30, just everything... it's obvious that you put a ton of effort into this.

Would I work this into a house set? Without question. Even without all the vocals, your production work was solid enough, and the end result was enjoyable enough, that I would gladly include it.

Excellent job.

:badger: