ReMix: ActRaiser 'FillMoreFunk'
Yes, another break from electronica genres for the pretzel (I'm on a roll). This is Yuzo's all-powerful Fillmore theme from Actraiser, and let me start off by saying that if you want a (friggin' fantastic) techno mix of this, check out McVaffe's Freestyle submission - it won't disappoint. Given that McV already covered this territory and that it was one of his very best ReMixes, I felt no need to go down that road, and something about the song just screamed funk to me. Probably the jiggy slap bass from the original, which I decided to keep (if dramatically change the notes of). Also, the piece has a lot of brilliant transition segments, which I really emphasized here, almost more than what I would consider to be the main verse / chorus. Like my Swankyvegas mix, this is no loops, no quantization, recorded at-tempo, and all done on a Yamaha Motif. Main ingredients are as follows: acoustic drums, slap bass, electric piano (70's style Rhodes), wah-guitar, distorted electric jazz guitar, flute, and three organs - two B3's with different stops and a Farfisa. It's a pretty short mix, not very indulgent, and though I did do some mastering in T-racks you might have to fiddle with EQ a bit depending on your bass-treble preferences. I'm happy with it mostly because I always wanted to hear the verse melody with some alterations - specifically, going up in the fourth measure and doing some slides, which jazz guitar works well with, and I also always thought the downward run I use as an intro would be great with some syncopated funk drums. Since I always wanted to do this, I'm now content and can die (mostly) happy, but hopefully you'll enjoy it too.
The B section was a little sloppy too, but there are some nice original riffs (especially in some of the transitions) giving this a personalized spin beyond the genre adaptation. A pretty nice solo too, leads into a bongofied breakdown. The section next that keeps teasing with the first 3 notes of the melody is easily the best part of the mix though. I love when mixers take a snippet of the melody and create something new around it, and it is one of the cooler instances of the technique i've heard in awhile.
A few rough spots, but overall a good listen, and some excellent ideas.
- OA on March 18, 2009
- uthlu on June 22, 2008
This with its counterpart "Fill More Freestyle" by McVaffe really showed an early different perspective on the same tune.
- bladiator on June 12, 2008
- Liontamer on May 14, 2007
- DragonFireKai on April 30, 2007
Glory to Actrasier. Now how about a GBA release?
- Keiseth on January 25, 2006
/me tries to think of criticism... I'll get back to ya on that.
- meccaneer on October 2, 2005
- watkinzez on September 19, 2005
- jordex on September 22, 2004
- Viceroy on September 22, 2004
- MrNemo on August 23, 2004
- HumpteeFree on March 2, 2004
I feel this is the best OCR the site has to offer
- Al Capwn on February 27, 2004
- Lunevalkyrave on January 29, 2004
Not my favorite, but it'll probably make it to my regular playlist.
Edit: Over time this has become one of my favorite remixes (probably my favorite non-orchestral); when I first reviewed it I had only listened to it a few times, but now this song is permanently on my playlist.
- Durinthal on December 15, 2003
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