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RajaTheResidentAlien x ilzxc x license – PlayLicensedToIlzxc (trumbuthegn swampy remix)

By trumbuthegn on December 22, 2022 4:00 pm

Following the suggestion of @ViridianLoom, this is a remix of @RajaTheResidentAlien’s track “PlayLicensedToIlzxc” (available from https://weeklybeats.com/rajatheresidentalien/music/license2ilxc-2) which itself is a mashup of by @license’s tracks “Playcake batter frosting” (available from https://weeklybeats.com/license/music/cake-batter-frosting-2) and “dessert gem” (available from https://weeklybeats.com/license/music/desert-gem), @ilzxc’s tracks “presets” (available from https://weeklybeats.com/ilzxc/music/presets) and “whirl” (available from https://weeklybeats.com/ilzxc/music/whirl) and Raja’s own additions. I’ve sampled RajaTheResidentAlien’s “PlayLicensedToIlzxc” with written permission from RajaTheResidentAlien, ilzxc and license (cf. the comment field of https://weeklybeats.com/rajatheresidentalien/music/license2ilxc-2).

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This is so tasty! Got a disco-flash feel to it at first, so infectiously danceable, it gets inside my pants and doesn't ever wanna leave! lol ...and the way you broke down the click track into that whirlwind of techstep madness and then further disintegrate from there(almost Mr.Bungle-like in its crafty madness! mad) so much greatness here! Thank You, So Honored! heart

This is so fun!

ohhhhh goodness
you got me hopping out of my chair doing all kinds of cringey stuttery dances over here
bringing out all kinds of latent funk in the material
I barely even recognize it anymore and I mean that in the best way

I love the stoic disco-funk permeating throughout, the non-drop at 2:12, the chime disintegration at 3:09, the dirge at 3:20, the comb filter urgency at 4:20, the disembodied metronome turned into lopsided space pong at 5:10, the delay unfurling at the end. such a journey, and it never capitulates to what the ear expects.

this is soooo good
heart heart heart
thank you for this awesome treatment.

This feels like going deep down the remix rabbit hole in the best possible way.  I really like the numerous transitions to different sections.

I don't know what to even say, other than I love this, a lot. The swampy treatment is not what I would ever imagine, but kind of taken aback with how much sense it makes... And although both mixes have the "that's me" effect, Raja's maximalism renders it into "that's us!" with a bold exclamation sign at the end, trumbuthegn's sound design has me rocking the question mark -- "that's us?" -- yes, undeniably familiar but somehow even less obvious after Raja's psychedelic onslaught...

This remix made me think of the concepts of "prosopagnosia" (face blindness)  or, perhaps, "jamais vu" (opposite of deja vu).

That 3:15 "interlude" is a stroke of a genius.

Thank you, above all else. heart

[/spoiler]No, seriously, thanks!.[/spoiler]

this is so ridiculously tight!

yeah, there are so many "scenes" - love the rhythmic changes, very hott / i hear a lot of "dub" moments in this. 

3:16 changeup is so epic

Great collaboration and group of collaborators. Beautifully rhythms to set it up, before it goes deep down the rabbit and, holds together through the land of the filters, then moves into almost complete dissolution and reconstruction somewhere around 3 minutes, a disruption that somehow makes perfect sense. Disparate elements come together on a wild journey through varied, connected spaces.

Thanks for all the great feedback, folks! Glad you enjoyed it. My main take-away from this is to do more collaborations in WB 2024 – it’s inspiring to work with samples of other’s work, and it’s fun for everyone involved. PS: Most of my uploads are licensed with CC, so feel free to sample/remix/mash.

license wrote:

I barely even recognize it anymore and I mean that in the best way


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ilzxc wrote:

"that's us?" -- yes, undeniably familiar but somehow even less obvious after Raja's psychedelic onslaught...

The first of the three segments is actually very dry sampling, just sped down. I used Serato’s set-random-samples-feature, and committed to using the chops it generated by the first press without altering starting points, and rather micro-adjust the timing in the sequencing, for a skippy, human feel (I usually don’t sequence, but that was a necessity for this technique to work). But the chops are so short, and from random points all over Raja’s work, that it is hard to identify from where they come in the original tracks. I listened to the original source material after finishing and had the same feeling of “that’s you?”.

This remix made me think of the concepts of "prosopagnosia" (face blindness) or, perhaps, "jamais vu" (opposite of deja vu).

That 3:15 "interlude" is a stroke of a genius.

Thank you, above all else. <3

[/spoiler]No, seriously, thanks!.[/spoiler]


this is soooo good
<3 <3 <3
thank you for this awesome treatment.

RajaTheResidentAlien wrote:

This is so tasty! Got a disco-flash feel to it at first, so infectiously danceable, it gets inside my pants and doesn't ever wanna leave! lol ...and the way you broke down the click track into that whirlwind of techstep madness and then further disintegrate from there(almost Mr.Bungle-like in its crafty madness! mad) so much greatness here! Thank You, So Honored! <3

Thanks, and thanks for creating the inception for it!

fetalface wrote:

This is so fun!

Thanks!

emily wrote:

The bass ripples!

license wrote:

ohhhhh goodness
you got me hopping out of my chair doing all kinds of cringey stuttery dances over here
bringing out all kinds of latent funk in the material
I barely even recognize it anymore and I mean that in the best way

I love the stoic disco-funk permeating throughout, the non-drop at 2:12, the chime disintegration at 3:09, the dirge at 3:20, the comb filter urgency at 4:20, the disembodied metronome turned into lopsided space pong at 5:10, the delay unfurling at the end. such a journey, and it never capitulates to what the ear expects.

this is soooo good
<3 <3 <3
thank you for this awesome treatment.

Thanks! And thanks for the origins.

CosmicCairns wrote:

This feels like going deep down the remix rabbit hole in the best possible way.  I really like the numerous transitions to different sections.

Thank you!

ilzxc wrote:

I don't know what to even say, other than I love this, a lot. The swampy treatment is not what I would ever imagine, but kind of taken aback with how much sense it makes... And although both mixes have the "that's me" effect, Raja's maximalism renders it into "that's us!" with a bold exclamation sign at the end, trumbuthegn's sound design has me rocking the question mark -- "that's us?" -- yes, undeniably familiar but somehow even less obvious after Raja's psychedelic onslaught...

This remix made me think of the concepts of "prosopagnosia" (face blindness)  or, perhaps, "jamais vu" (opposite of deja vu).

That 3:15 "interlude" is a stroke of a genius.

Thank you, above all else. <3

[/spoiler]No, seriously, thanks!.[/spoiler]

Thank you! And thanks for the foundations for it. Regarding the interlude, that was the track I was planning to make for the week, so when I took up the remix challenge I wanted to find a place for it inside of it. ““prosopagnosia” & “jamais vu”” – you just expanded my lexicon of concepts here.

orangedrink wrote:

this is so ridiculously tight!

yeah, there are so many "scenes" - love the rhythmic changes, very hott / i hear a lot of "dub" moments in this. 

3:16 changeup is so epic

Thanks!

Autovessel wrote:

Great collaboration and group of collaborators. Beautifully rhythms to set it up, before it goes deep down the rabbit and, holds together through the land of the filters, then moves into almost complete dissolution and reconstruction somewhere around 3 minutes, a disruption that somehow makes perfect sense. Disparate elements come together on a wild journey through varied, connected spaces.

Thanks! Yeah, I learned from French house that a non-resonating low-pass filter can do lot.

Oops. I messed up the /quote formatting, but I think my comment is still readable

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