ReMix: Klax 'Nine Inch Klax'

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Klax

Mr. Getman writes:

"Wow, well here I actually have a remix that was not made for a remix project, not from my American Album, not for any sort of tribute or created per request, nope, here we just have a remix that I made for fun. Something I wanted to remix. A new tune I created to celebrate the launch of my new music website, http://www.mazedudemusic.com. Check it out if you haven't seen it yet."

I dig his site, but the big man-in-suit photo really channels Justin Timberlake for me; your mileage may vary. NIN fans will immediately recognize the hydraulic kick-snare combo employed here as being from the epic "Closer," albeit at a faster tempo. In looking back at Klax and remembering it as Tengen's attempt to capitalize on the Tetris-initiated popularity of puzzle games involving things falling with intellectual property they didn't have to steal from a Russian guy this time around, I notice one thing: the game's interface actually resembles Guitar Hero pretty closely. I'm sure this has been noted before, it just hit me specifically today when checking the Wiki article on the game.

At any rate, rather than appropriated Russian folk music, Klax had some rather eccentric tunage that Chris has gone ahead and industrialized for us, with whirrring drillbit synth fx wonders and a heavy downbeat, along with some lead guitar noodling bits towards the end. It's rare that we post anything under two minutes, but this rather brief outing still manages to pack in enough of what makes a Mazedude mix great: quirky arrangement combined with particular, diverse soundscaping and attention to sonic detail. It's not a mashup in the traditional sense of the word, but it does combine a clear NIN influence (made all the clearer with the afforementioned drum samples) with the Klax musics for a curious cocktail of industrial ingenuity.

― djpretzel

Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.
It's like the tilted Klax board is the dance floor and the blocks are playing [i]DDR[/i] every time they flop facedown. The audience raves compliment the aggressive, punchy vibe going on, while most of the synths are vicious enough to eat you for breakfast. 1:17-1:24 even sounds like an alarm going off, ha ha.
By the way, the source (called Led Fut) sounds similar to American Gladiators - Event 1.spc, so I sometimes end up thinking of those buff brawlers competing when I listen to Nine Inch Klax.

- Polo on April 6, 2009
Diggin' the style, but it's too short, and I have to agree on what is being said about the lack of a proper ending.
Still, Mazedude delivers once more.

- Martin Penwald on May 19, 2008
great stuff! keep up the good work mazedude!

- Nateconq on May 16, 2008
Wow, at first I was going to post a complaint of how this song is basically 8 minutes of the same thing, but then I realized my player was looping it.
I think you could've done a lot more with it - it just seems like it never got really exciting or high-energy. The little solo thing was pretty cool. Not one of my favorites of yours, but I'll keep it around for when I need a cool, smoke-filled entrance while wearing a tuxedo and sunglasses.

- LuigiFan on May 14, 2008
Pretty great stuff, I was completely groovin to this, but the lack of an ending is a total turnoff. :-(
Samples are great; completely grungy and angry, and even the super-straightforward beat works very well. The feeling in the arrangement is excellent, but it just seems half-baked to not have an ending. :-(
Excellent, but flawed.

- OA on May 13, 2008
Out of all the songs I recently downloaded from ocremix this week your song stood out the best. Then I looked down at who made it and realized. Oh. No wonder its so good. And by the way. Was Archvile sketch suppose to be unfinished? Cause it sounded finished to me.

Rock on!

- csthenexustech on May 12, 2008
Wow, I'm really digging this piece! It reminds me a lot about River City Ramstein, and that's not a bad thing. :smile:

- BomberKid on May 12, 2008
I love this track. Really great, lo-fi style, and the hook/groove lock you in right from the start.

- zircon on May 12, 2008
Mehhh. I don't really like it, but I'm not gonna say it was poorly done.
Because it wasn't. It's well done.

- artemisjaeger on May 11, 2008
The arrangement is really fun but (I hate to say this) I'm having a really hard time getting past the awful sample quality.

- richter on May 10, 2008
For its genere, very well done. A little repetitive, but it has some nice quality to it and has a nice beat that makes you want to dance. The applause was a nice effect.
I'm a little brain-dead right now. So, I can't quite think of much else to say, other then my overall impression of this peice was positive.

- Kaikuro on May 9, 2008
AarowSwift;405550 wrote: I'm glad that it doesn't. Makes for great "loopability".

Wow, you're absolutely right. I thought at first that the pause at the end wouldn't make it loop too good, but I've been listening to it for about 8 times now and Mazedude got it right, he made the pause just long/short enough to sound intentional.
Wow seriously this is one of my favorite things on OCR and I've never heard of the game. I love this place.

- Tables on May 8, 2008
Antipode;405497 wrote: I like this a lot - I just wish it had more of an ending, you know?

I'm glad that it doesn't. Makes for great "loopability".

- AarowSwift on May 8, 2008
I like this a lot - I just wish it had more of an ending, you know? It felt like it kind of just stopped instead of concluded.
Still, very nice, hard-hitting work.

- Antipode on May 8, 2008
I'll be honest: I don't know what the original track is supposed to sound like, and I've never played or even heard of this game. If you've gone that far and still convinced me to download your track, you are an incredible person.
Oh yeah and nice timing with The Slip and all.

- Tables on May 8, 2008

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