ReMix: Final Fantasy X 'White Skies (Club Mix)'

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Jordan provides us with additional holiday mirth and merriment in the form of some solid electronica stylings:

"I've shown darkesword and analoq this mix... the only real beef they had was the length. But this is a club mix with the standard dj friendly 32 bar intro/outro. I did my absolute best to keep things interesting in the progression of the track. It's constantly changing and evolving but as analoq/darkesword said, it loses energy in parts mainly because of the arrangement format it's in. Hopefully this wont be a problem and wont detract from making a post on OC. I worked really hard on the mixdown and mastering as well, as this was carefully crafted in my home studio :)"

At over seven and a half minutes, it's a long'un, but I think he of mixed-case nickage does as he suggests above and varies things up enough over the course. TO provides a better play-by-play than I can at this particular point in time:

"So a club mix of the Gagazet music. I had my doubts before I listened to the piece. The lengthy intro didn't really quench my doubts either. When the melody came in at 1:12 I wasn't too fond of the delayed sound the lead synth had. It's also quite subdued in the mix, it could have been a bit louder for me. As the beat builds in, the actual sound of the mix builds up to a much nicer level as we get some sweet key changes around the Gagazet theme.

The section at 2:40 is very sweet, with the stuttery high synth. Builds into the rest of the mix nicely from 3:14 with some sweet automated filtering. The strings that come in at 3:58 I feel could have been a little sharper and stronger in terms of the powerful sound the mix had here. Two-note chords could have worked a little better, but just a little gripe. The lead synth at 5:08 is just to die for. I never would have thought that a trance version of the piece could upstage the strings and bagpipe that played that melody in the original, but this does a wonderful job."

Pretty much; there's passages that stand out more than others, but the overall presentation is consistently strong and preeminently danceable. Unfortunately, neither Larry, zircon, or myself (and probably most others) had REAL white skies or anything approaching a 'Winter Wonderland' for Xmas today, but Mr. Aguirre gives us the next best thing.

― djpretzel

Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.
As a long-time fan of 'club trance', I must say I am generally skeptical of -- and ultimately bored with -- tracks which are extended to the necessary 'club' length just to be classified as such. It's generally a waste of time for the listener, as what the average 'club' song has to say can be said as effectively in half the time (i.e. radio edit). Fortunately for we OC listeners, Blind has given us a track with substantial build up, climax, and cooldown. All three parts being distinct enough to maintain interest throughout. The synth lead /chords beginning after the first 90 seconds or so really, really get your head bobbing.
I'm surprised by how much I enjoy this track; what could be a generic 'club' length song has genuine appeal and enough evolution to entrance the listener, which, after all, is the goal of 'club trance', I reckon.

- JP_Wright on July 11, 2009
This would have to be the be remix of "servants of the mountain". The atmosphere is just so intence, to piont that its on my top 25. Great job

- yosefu on May 27, 2009
This piece is the best trance OC ReMix of the site in my opinion.
I just love bLiNd's sound and the ability to create the perfect atmosphere in his arrangements.

- Mano on June 2, 2007
mm mm this is 1 tasty, sugartastic mix.

- HoboKa on April 20, 2007
This track rocks. I've been listening to this on loop for about half an hour now, and just felt the need to share.

- Audix on April 17, 2007
banzai for techno!!!! this is definately going on my playlist ><

- ChaosofRuin on November 13, 2006
One of the greatest trance remixes i've ever heard, EVER. Sometimes when I'm sitting in a quite room, I'll start humming the string part that starts at 1:17. The synths are used perfectly.
100/100, this is what i for in a ReMix.
You are my hero bLiNd.

- Hollidayrain on October 21, 2006
Freakin awesome song. It's the song I fall asleep to almost every night(along with my all VG-remixed electro songs). Downloaded it months ago and still love it. Dude, Europeans at the World Cup would go crazy to hear this during the Championship game, but that's just my fantasy. :P

- Ghoulfrenzy on June 22, 2006
This is an awesome mix that just begs to be played loud over a surround sound system, with mates + beer :d Excellent work IMO

- Omega_Nexus on June 18, 2006
First: this song made me register on the forums. It f**ing rocks!
I have been listening to trance and other EDM for quite a while, own lots of trance in 12" vinyls and I have started learning DJing. This one will be on my sets definitely when the time comes.
This track is one of the best non-commercial and freely distributed trance/edm tracks I have heard. I do not know much about music production but this is just zomgwtfbbqlol!
Keep up the good work. You should definitely send this in to some trance labels to check out. I would buy this if this one would be released on 12" :)
p.s.
Any chance for a higher bitrate mp3 download, pls? :)

- BaronSoosdon on April 17, 2006
Generic Asian Guy wrote:
Trygon wrote: raped your sites bandwidth with a downloading spree

Ditto xD
Sorry bLiNd, couldn't help myself ;)

Same. And I'm not even much of a trance person. Although with the combined influence of bLiNd, sgx and several others, I'm beginning to come around. :wink:

- sephfire on February 13, 2006
Trygon wrote: raped your sites bandwidth with a downloading spree

Ditto xD
Sorry bLiNd, couldn't help myself ;)

- Generic Asian Guy on February 8, 2006
I'm even more impressed with this song after bLiNd showed me the original Cubase source file.
8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O
ridiculous

- Ghetto Lee Lewis on February 7, 2006
Arcana wrote:
bLiNd sets an example for us all and brings great honour not only to OCRemix and the VG music remixing community, but the genre that this song represents.

Those are some strong compliments, I give you my deepest gratitude.

- bLiNd on February 5, 2006
This is hot. The track starts off with some nice heavy goodness and then evolves dramatically as it moves along---what really made me sit up and take notice was the creative interpretation with the gated synth at around 2:36, which eerily sounds as if it's an actual whistle, but yet, not. The dynamics in this mix rock the house. It's crystal clear, it's full of awesome sounds, and makes you move. There's no way you can ignore this song.
bLiNd sets an example for us all and brings great honour not only to OCRemix and the VG music remixing community, but the genre that this song represents.

- Arcana on February 5, 2006

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