ReMix: ToeJam & Earl 'Bumpin''
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- Game: ToeJam & Earl (Sega, 1992, GEN)
- ReMixer(s): Joshua Morse
- Composer(s): John Baker
- Song(s): 'Alien Breakdown', 'Big Earl Bump', 'Elevator', 'Funkotronic Beat', 'Rapmaster Rocket Racket', 'Toejam Jammin', 'Toejam Slowjam'
- Posted: 2008-07-21, evaluated by djpretzel
As of last night, I'm officially engaged! So, as you might imagine, I'm in the doghouse a bit for posting ANYTHING at all on this resplendent and momentous day-after-engagement. Thus, I will be brief. We've been having some server issues lately, due perhaps to some recent coverage in this month's issue of Game Informer magazine and our recent intervew over at Ars Technica on HD Remix - we still need your Diggs! Please bare with us as my ability to administer things and restart MySQL, etc. is greatly impeded by my vacationing in the Carribean at an all-inclusive with several open bars.
So, I wish I had one of my OWN mixes to post today, but my Doom 2 piece is still hovering at 95% complete, and is rather dark & brooding for such an occassion, regardless. Instead, we've got more great funky stuffs from Mr. Morse. His last mix was from his epic Ragnarok Online project, Hybridism, and he's got more where that came from, but he takes a break from the RO to give us this delicious and delectable funktastic arrangement from the legendary ToeJam & Earl soundtrack. TJ&E are, of course, the premier extraterrestrial purveyors of funk in the land of VGM, so their pairing with Joshua is rather the business; they fit each other like a glove. JM wasn't content with just one track either: this mix mostly avoids medleyitis while managing to pack in Big Earl Bump, Toejam Jammin, Funkatronic Beat, Alien Breakdown, Toejam Slowjam, Elevator, and Rapmaster Rocket Racket. Ya gotta love those source track names, which might explain why the ReMixer went with the comparatively minimalist 'Bumpin'' for his umbrella arrangement. The bass here is absolutely ridiculous - Parliament Funkadelic would be proud, and if Bootsy himself covered this source, it'd have to sound pretty close at parts. You've also got blaxploitation synth riffage, Ron Burgundy-style jazz flute, organ, EP, wakka-chikka guits, and of course the meaty, watertight drums that Morse always brings to his game. Some of the transitions are better (i.e. more natural) than others, but overall this is a downright funk smorgasbord, offering an all-you-can-eat buffet of TJ&E in full Morse production regalia. Now, if you'll excuse me, I've gone and made myself rather hungry... fantastic work from Mr. Morse that gives some great Genesis source tracks a new, shiny home inside a groovalicious mix that - whether anatomically capable or not - aliens and humans alike can and should shake their booty to non-stop.
Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the - Magellanic on December 11, 2011
10/10
- A-RoN on December 12, 2009
This thing really has legs, great ones. Smooth sexy legs that do much ass-kicking. I really love the production on this. Really rich in all those classic funk sounds, but cleaner, clearer and tighter than I ever remember funk sounding. Nice amount of instrumental variation to keep things tasty and the basswork is just the money.
I'm getting more and more into these Morse mixes. Above everything else, its the attention to detail, variation and fullness of sound that captivates me with this. Somehow, against better judgement, manages to make toejam sexy. I can't condone that, but I will continue to enjoy it.
- Marmiduke on December 12, 2009
I think putting the pass and drums front and center in this mix and using the other instruments to just color things a bit is what really makes this one succeed.
My only real wish for this is that I wish the ending was a bit more graceful; the fill before the final note seemed a little small for a jam of this magnitude. Otherwise, awesome work.
- OA on September 16, 2008
Keep on bumpin', dude.
- Martin Penwald on August 16, 2008
- Nobbynob Littlun on July 28, 2008
- JAXX on July 24, 2008
- Feyhd on July 22, 2008
EDIT: This seriously might be in my top 10 favorites here. Those two breaks at 3:02 and 3:54 are just perfect (if I had to pick a favorite part).
I can't stop listening to this.
- Antipode on July 22, 2008
I was sick of the game OST only having like 3 remixes, it's such a freaking underdog :V
Nice cumshot there jm :D
- OverCoat on July 21, 2008
Can't believe this is the first TJ&E mix from JM, it's a perfect fit for his style.
- Palpable on July 21, 2008
Plus, it makes me want to hook up my Genesis and play this game again. :<
- Sobou on July 21, 2008
