OCR01157 - ICO 'Icon'

[djpretzel]

What did you think? Post your opinion of this ReMix.

[sgx]

One of my favorite mixes. Sweeet, man!

[Tranced]

Wow, I'm very impressed. I love the mood this sets up. Oustanding stuff :D

[GrayLightning]

One of the best mixes, great work binster.

[Atomic Dog]

All I can say is: WOW.

It's one of the best evolutions I've ever heard in a mix. Every part builds to the next. The flow, the dynamics, the whole thing is just awesome.

12/10.

[Kaleb.G]

Great stuff, and great source material! I'm looking forward to more of your work! :D

[Ben Cousins]

Nice

[GrayLightning]

I don't understand why this mix is getting no reviews at all. This is one of the best mixes posted recently on OCR.

[richbrf]

I love this mix. It's great, stadium rock epic and makes you feel like crowd surfing naked. I emplore people to download it.

Also see Shaun of teh Dead.

[binster]

richbrf - I love you man.

ben cousins - cheers :)

graylightning - you are the pimp daddy, cheers for the continued support

supergreenx - cheers, man - and one of these [binster salutes] for the BG&E mix...

everyone else - thanks all - you make it all worth while. see shaun of the dead.

binster

[Nigel Simmons]

I agree. This is the first remix in a long while that I can actually listen to all the way through, and I haven't even heard the original.

[HyperZell]

Fantastic. I have been listening to this mix repeatedly for a few days now, and I still love it as much as when I heard it the first time. Awesome work, and very cool use of voices from the game at the end...intelligent and infectious. Hope to hear more of the same soon.

[Kamikaze Noodle]

Awesome work, man. I thought it was one of the best remixes I've heard in a long time, but apparently others find issues with it. Oh well, I listen to this all the time anyway. Thanks.

[Julio Jose]

Intro is amazing. And the synth in the beginning is fantastic. BRB while i go die because the intro is to good. overall song 9/10 I cant stress enough how good the rhodes in the beginning are.

[binster]

Interesting point...

the rhodes at the start of Icon (if it's what I think you mean) are in fact the tails of the piano chords from track 5 on the ICO soundtrack cd. The whole thing started off as an ICO inspired track, featuring those obscure samples, then I slapped the guitar stuff in and it all took off. In the future, look out for a long mix of the track - there's an extended intro that features them more prominently...

Binster

[solid_blue_ico]

I LOVE this mix. 11/10 :D Though, it's missing something -- from 1'55" - 2'00". (it's slightly different than the mix @ vgmix.com and since i heard that one first... - Anyway that's the only difference I heard - oh and i noticed it's a bit shorter than the one @ vgmix. by 17 seconds) Can't wait to hear more remixes , though, and def. can't wait to hear the longer ICO remix :D .

edit:I dunno the terminology...like it's missing a beat/channel/layer :?

[Dhsu]

I don't understand why this mix is getting no reviews at all. This is one of the best mixes posted recently on OCR.
OH GNOZ, ITS NOT TEH FF/CT/ZELDA(MORE LIEK CELDA, AM I RITE)/SONIC, I HAVE NEVER PLAYED IT B4.

[Julio Jose]

Honestly, in my POV, and in my opinion, this is the best mix on OCR... Thats final.

[Senescence]

Solid Blue Ico is right, at the 1:55 mark, its missing something, its really wierd sounding, and actually I like the one on VGmix better. However, that small complaint aside, this is a song in a genre all its own. I dont think Ive heard anything like it, and now...I wish I had.

Amazing Binster...quality if I've ever seen it.

9.5/10

[Debotron-6K]

Yep. This mix is outstanding.

As for the genre.. it's total porno-funk, + some electronic weirdness in the middle. Haven't heard the VGMix version yet, but honestly I think that this mix is just about perfect.. I wouldn't change a thing about it. I like the weird breakdown in the middle, but maybe because I've been listening to music which includes similar sounding parts for some time now.. Mischief of a Sleepwalker by Sound Tribe Sector 9 (http://www.sts9.com) comes to mind. I don't think I'd like to listen to 4 minutes of this stuff, but a little insanity in the midst of an absolutely beautiful track is fun and different.

Binster, I hope you continue to make music for us! You've got some serious talent.

....and I really need to play this game sometime. With your mix and SGX's, there are some stellar remixes coming out Ico, not to mention all the wonderful things I've heard about the graphics and gameplay.. and I did see it in the bargain bin at EB once (a while back). I'll have to keep an eye out for it..

[Animazed]

this rmx is so great... Wow.... Good work

[LightCecil]

Killer awesome mix.

I like the crazyness that cuts in at the middle section. The tape effects and samplechopping, all of it's just incredible. Even the ear-stabbing static is good when you volume down or cut off the high frequncies with EQ.

The ethnic guitar is just amazing. It might not be like ICO in the ambient aspect, it's making want to play ICO again so I can locate the songs again. I want to hear the original again so I can compare.. This really reminds me of how I felt at the end of ICO.. mostly wanting more.

The use of game sounds is great. Especially in the placement of the one at the end.

Overall, awesome mix 9/10 mostly for the ear-stabbing mixdown in the static. Everything else's just perfect.

[ILLiterate]

Wow this mix just kicks complete ass

Amazing production, samples, ideas, execution <3

[RoboticNinjaZombie]

This song is like a good lego set. Everything builds up perfectly, with a good climatic mound in the middle. I enjoy the sound clips of Ico, as well.

Superb.

[binster]

Good news, everyone!

I've uploaded the long version of Icon to my myspace page. It's also less harsh on the ears, which is a good thing.

Go to http://www.myspace.com/thabisnit to have a listen, plus I've got some other tracks up there too.

Binster

[Radiowar]

I've been meaning to go through all of Binster's older remixes ever since I heard 'Poltergeist Mix' and man...off to a good start so far.

Tons of awesome things about this mix. The buildup to the end is perfect, just like it was in Poltergeist Mix. Loved the use of reverse samples too. Can't wait to hear the rest of your stuff.

[aakapaisiiwa]

i love this remix. i'm not a remixer, but in my opinion, this one and tamimi's "nay tomorrow" are at the top of the remixes here <3

[K.B.]

Yes, yes, a thousand times yes! Every section and every transition is incredible. What's truly amazing to me is how the ICO feeling is kept throughout the remix, since the raw energy makes this the veritable antithesis of the somber source tune. The more I listen, the more I find Castle In The Mist... nearly every layer seems to be working with a piece of the original, just drastically altering it to work within the mix. Wildly creative. Gets me pumped every time.

I wish the explosion at 2:56 (and following section) were made a couple decibels higher; more oomph would have capitalized on the transition. Everything else, of course, is fantastic.

[JaDE ARaN HaRuNo]

Okay... I heard this today and... I just gotta say...

I FUCKING LOVE THIS SONG OMGOMGOMG BINSTER NEEDS MORE ATTENTION!

I've been working on my OCR playlist for my trip to Florida in October and I heard this again and .... yeah.....

I want more Binster mixes. :puppyeyes:

[metalsnakejuice]

Good god this is awesome and l love the sounds you used from the game.

Good job.

[OA]

Some awesome effects and transitions really drew me into this one. I'm unfamiliar with the source song, but there is a lot of really interesting stuff going on, so either there is some nice melodic material to work with, of you created your own. Really interesting throughout, and great pacing. I could jam to this one all day.

Really good stuff, check it out. :-)

[Polo]

If this mix was a piece of land, it would be a dynamic mountain range with many jagged cliffs and impossibly high peaks, but also enough greenery and smooth terrain to keep me hiking on. There are many times when I'm awed, emotionally uplifted, or just plain giddy as I marvel at the off-the-wall textures, effects, and segues. So certainly the high notes, the WTF break at 1:55-2:15, the creepy volume build at 2:51, and the wall of sound afterwards are right up my alley.

A lively pastiche.

[underthesun]

This was one of those mixes I listened so much in the past, and then dubstep came. First thing I thought of when I heard those dubstep drops was this song, for some reason.