OCR02028 - Super Street Fighter IV 'Time to Oil Up'

[djpretzel]

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

[Flexstyle]

Woot for Goa/Psytrance on OCR! Doesn't happen nearly enough (heck, has it ever happened before?), and Andy and Jill did a spectacular job!

[Cyril the Wolf]

*Adds this to my playlist of Psytrance*

To be honest though, it sounds a little more of the Goa Trance side of Psytrance. Very organic rather than industrial (which is what a lot of Infected Mushroom's stuff leaned toward)

The synths on the other hand are bold beefy and dare I say sexy.

Excellent vocal showing, and the ethnic feel is suuuuuuuuuper present. So yea, great job!

[Ninja-san]

Dear god yes. Love it!

[Liontamer]

Superbadass.

[DarkeSword]

[15:11:14] <@djpretzel> nice, vocals definitely add a lot, though it was already great to begin with
[15:34:24] <Shariq> jill almost fooled me in that mix
[15:34:33] <Shariq> but there's one scoop she does that i hear
[15:34:36] <Shariq> and i'm like
[15:34:39] <Shariq> "not arab. :|
[15:34:39] <Shariq> "
[15:34:51] <anosou> hahaha
[15:35:00] <anosou> You better post that in the review thread
[15:38:12] <oa> agreed<3 u jill

[42]

This totally made my day. Sheer Brilliance. :-D

[Radiowar]

this is really great, my new favourite zircon track!

[OA]

How awesome is this?

so awesome

I love the variety of instruments and Jill. Astounding work as always, good sir.

[Hollidayrain]

JUNO REACTOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love this track zircon.....damnnnn nice.

[Jillian Aversa]

<3 you Shariq. I'm pleasantly surprised that I even almost fooled you. It makes me want to actually learn the techniques for real! :grin:

[Oni865]

pixietricks and zircon are one of my favorite combos when it comes to remixers, if not my top favorite. Really love what you guys have done here :)

[DragonAvenger]

Awesome work on this, really fun to listen to. Good to see another Zirxietricks remix!

[TenchuX]

This track is hot!

[Beatdrop]

Eh, this is okay. It's pretty boring, and not even by psytrance standards. Nevermind the fact that it's... not really psytrance. But that's just nitpicking. Otherwise, it's pretty straight forward. Some of the brickwall mastering sounds really out of place, and it overall just seems like sort of a mash-up of timbres that don't really seem to go together. Maybe too many ethnic instruments and not enough synthetic. Just seems contrived, really.

[Liontamer]

Eh, this is okay. It's pretty boring, and not even by psytrance standards. Nevermind the fact that it's... not really psytrance. But that's just nitpicking. Otherwise, it's pretty straight forward. Some of the brickwall mastering sounds really out of place, and it overall just seems like sort of a mash-up of timbres that don't really seem to go together. Maybe too many ethnic instruments and not enough synthetic. Just seems contrived, really.

Fight! :-)

[zircon]

Haha, you know I really need to stop even mentioning the genre of what I'm doing in my sub letters. People always seem to nitpick about it; the point of mentioning it is really just to describe my influence and inspiration going in, rather than the end result, since a lot of what I do doesn't fall into any genre. Also not really sure what you mean by 'brickwall mastering', this is no louder than anything else I do, and much quieter than anything YOU do :-)

Anyway, thanks all for the comments. I'm actually playing Hakan right now in SSF4 and he's every bit as fun as I hoped he would be. In fact, he's even more fun!

[Liontamer]

It's clear that this conflict needs to be settled by Turkish oil wrestling. I abstain from watching.

[Flare4War]

Eh, this is okay. It's pretty boring, and not even by psytrance standards. Nevermind the fact that it's... not really psytrance. But that's just nitpicking. Otherwise, it's pretty straight forward. Some of the brickwall mastering sounds really out of place, and it overall just seems like sort of a mash-up of timbres that don't really seem to go together. Maybe too many ethnic instruments and not enough synthetic. Just seems contrived, really.

It's not my favorite Zircon remix, but it is still really good. I love the vocal touch by pixie and I think it's a remix that I'll listen to again and again.

Poor Zircon, he's set the bar to high for himself. Kinda like what Binster did with his Ghouls'N Ghosts Poltergeist remix.

Anyways. I thought it was great and kudos again on the voice aspect combined with Zircon's more than adequate remixing.

[LostChronos]

This shit is sick. I love every part of it. I wouldn't dare nitpick any of this Mr. Z. The guy that actually did nitpick you, he could only do that and justify it by meeting you on the field of remix battle and be trounced soundly by your masterful Haiduken mixer skills. :mrgreen:

[Liontamer]

http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02028/

http://twitter.com/eicheph/statuses/12990687819
http://twitter.com/eicheph/statuses/12990942232

Summary:

Original composer Hideyuki Fukasawa said "Holy shit!"
Original composer Hideyuki Fukasawa thought it was awesome.

Another one for the good guys!

[Flexstyle]

Eh, this is okay. It's pretty boring, and not even by psytrance standards. Nevermind the fact that it's... not really psytrance. But that's just nitpicking. Otherwise, it's pretty straight forward. Some of the brickwall mastering sounds really out of place, and it overall just seems like sort of a mash-up of timbres that don't really seem to go together. Maybe too many ethnic instruments and not enough synthetic. Just seems contrived, really.

I'd cry foul if it wasn't Beatdrop saying this, lol. Personally, I kinda like the mishmash of genres, but it's more like ethnictronica with a psytrance edge. Still is teh awesomes though! :nicework:

[Jillian Aversa]

Oh no, the prophecy has been fulfilled (http://www.vgdj.net/stingers/042%20Oh%20God%20No.mp3)... :-P

[OA]

Oh no, the prophecy has been fulfilled (http://www.vgdj.net/stingers/042%20Oh%20God%20No.mp3)... :-P

XD

I would classify this one as "collab, electronica, ethnic, singing, synth, trance, vocals" myself.

>___>

[WillRock]

It's not my favorite Zircon remix, but it is still really good.
Poor Zircon, he's set the bar to high for himself.

Pretty much have to agree here, I was thinking exactly this yesterday when I listened to it.

Not to say this is bad at all (its pretty damn awesome, and I still enjoy this more than the best output of other ocremixers) but I still think you can do better than this :P

That said, I gotta say I'm loving the stylistic fusions going on here, really gives a unique and pleasing sound.

[Beatdrop]

Oh no, the prophecy has been fulfilled (http://www.vgdj.net/stingers/042%20Oh%20God%20No.mp3)... :-P

I believe I said "Nevermind the fact that it's... not really psytrance. But that's just nitpicking." Key word here is "nevermind." I believe I'm entitled to my subjective thoughts, and those thoughts are that it just isn't a very exciting remix. The vocal edits were neat, but the song as a whole felt really uninspired and forced. As for what I said about the mastering, I wasn't referring to volume level, I was referring to the hard limiting present throughout the song, with a prime example being the drum fill at 1:04. Basically, it sounds over-compressed. But more importantly than any technical gripes I have with the song, I just think it's pretty boring.

[Jillian Aversa]

Er, I wasn't singling you out, Dain... Cyril the Wolf and Flexstyle commented on genre classification, too, and it reminded me of a VGDJ stinger we did way back when. Just thought it was funny. Lighten up!

[PrototypeRaptor]

I like the idea behind this mix, don't get me wrong, it is totally juno reactor-esque and I love that; it's certainly a unique style to OCR.

It's just... the production is really keeping me from enjoying this to its fullest extent.

The drums are lacking in punch and power, in fact the whole mix is very flat, which I find strange for a zircon production.

The arrangement is badass, though, so props there - probably just a one time fluke of the ears with the mixing.


This is still an easily recommendable track to electronic music fans, it's a lot of fun.

Though, now you've got me wanting to do an ethnic track, which I definitely don't have the time to do... curses

[Bleck]

http://twitter.com/eicheph/statuses/12990687819
http://twitter.com/eicheph/statuses/12990942232

I had hoped this would happen

[Soul Splint]

Does anyone else think the first thirty seconds or so is totally Gladiator meets Mortal Kombat?

[Red Shadow]

considering the fact that i am coasting down from a pretty incredible acid trip at the moment its putting a huge fucking smile on my face

well done dude

[metaphist]

Definitely enjoyed this. Pixie killed it on vocals! I thought it was some professional stock when I first heard it ;)

[Mtlbro]

There is quite a bit of buildup imo but when the melody kicks in WOW another great zircon mix :shock:

[underthesun]

I am loving this mix. It's so kick-ass.

[BlackPhantom]

I can never seem to have the words to say other than "This is awesome!"

[Martin Penwald]

When I read "psytrance" in the write-up, I thought of something like the Goa I used to listen to in the late 90s, but the remix at hand is much, much "softer" than the old stuff.

Once the resulting confusion was gone, though, I enjoyed the remix. Very strong ethnic feel, good use of vocals, lots of variation.

Hakan's voice sample though...I can understand wanting to use it, as it (and the whole trailer) is awesome, but it sounds so incredibly low-fi compared to the rest of the mix. Probably would've been better if it weren't in the remix.

[Aninymouse]

I had hoped this would happen
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[Snurfsnarf]

Wow, great song! When I saw zircon's name, my face lit up. Then I saw Infected Mushroom mentioned in the write-up, and my face lit up even more. Then I heard the song and everyone in the room was blinded. :P Excellent work, as always.

[Unununium]

I find it biologically impossible not to toetap, headbob (aka "djp") or in some fashion move to this mix. (http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02028/)

It's almost physically impossible not to toetap, headbob, or gesticulate rhythmically in some other fashion whilst listening. (http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01974/)

djpretzel, you have a music-related reflex arc (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatic_nervous_system#Reflex_arcs) in your somatic nervous system. The only prescription... is less cowbell.

[Jillian Aversa]

djpretzel, you have a music-related reflex arc (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatic_nervous_system#Reflex_arcs) in your somatic nervous system. The only prescription... is less cowbell.

Self-plagiarism!

[Unununium]

Self-plagiarism!That's a very serious charge! djpretzel needs to take himself to court, where if found guilty he will have to pay himself a fine. He ought to know better than to try to pass off his own work as if it was his own. Next time he should get his permission before quoting himself without attribution.

[gokaury]

Personally I'm not a Hakan fan, but this mix almost makes me want to extensively play as him. Gotta say I'm impressed. Wonderfully awesome job!!!

[Dubanubiel]

this morning I woke up with this song stuck in my head, which is strange because I hadn't listened to it in a long time. It gets better every time I listen to it

[relyanCe]

this popped up in my iPod the other day, and i must agree with others here that it gets waaaaay better with age

[phantasia]

Pure ear-addiction

[Crulex]

Psytranced-charged electronica? You have my attention. The beginning is easily the best part. Jill's vocals REALLY sets this up nicely. Then the music just sounds so amazing! I can actually relax to this even though it's upbeat for 99% of the track. The voice clip was a nice touch, especially since you didn't over do it with Hakan sounds all over the mix. Outro was very nice and settled out well. Very cool. It's almost criminal on how long it took me to review this, but Zircon, Jill, A + for you!

[GravitySuitCollector]

Awesome is all I can think of this right now. :nicework: