ReMix: Vectorman 'Overflow'

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I'm writing this live from PAX 2009, where we're getting ready for our panel. We met up with Stemage and Dan yesterday for some TMNT-bus photo ops, checked out the Dream Build Play 2009 booth where Kaleidoscope (soundtrack by AnSo) was featured, and watched Larry eat "simmered tripe" @ Maneki. Good times all around, though in the meantime the site's been teetering on the edge of posting ReMix #1900, and now is finally the time. We'll be updating the main site torrent tomorrow, but in the meantime Beatdrop's here with some truly hot Vectorman action.

"I present to you OCR's very first Vectorman remix.  It's pretty much the only thing musically creative that I've been able to accomplish since I released 'Revolution', so you should all feel very, particularly lucky.  Needless to say, I've been wanting to do this song for quite a long time, but didn't come up with a good arrangement until now.  I get the feeling that I say that a lot, but that doesn't change the relevancy!

Anyway, herein lies a humongous side-chained bassline, fat beats, some weird distorted pseudo-synthetic sounds, sweeping leads, Attention Deficit Disorder transitions, and more of the fun and games that everyone has come to expect from me.  I altered some of the notation of the original song because I couldn't seem to get "Show Me Love" by Robin S. out of my head while working on this.  In fact, I was really tempted to find an acapella and turn it into a mash-up, but I'm pretty sure that would be simultaneously obnoxious and unlawful.  And that's all I've got to say about that."

Merriam-Webster says that a vector is "a quantity that has magnitude and direction and that is commonly represented by a directed line segment whose length represents the magnitude and whose orientation in space represents the direction." Can you imagine a MAN having such powers?!? Neither can I, really, but Sega did what Nintendidn't and published BlueSky's platformer with its very green & very spherical protagonist back in 1995. It had some good tunes by Jon Holland that Dain's done Great Justice here with a hard-hitting, aggressive electronica mix. What, you were expecting fluffy bunnies and ambient string pads? C'mon, this is Beatdrop; there's of course meaty beats, in-your-face synths, and some really slick use of distortion for a galvanized, electrified sound. Fans of Dain, Vectorman, electronica, and "awesome" should all be very, very happy. We've gotta get rolling to our panel, but whether you're familiar with the game or not, you need to experience 'Overflow' yourself.

― djpretzel

Discussion: Latest 15 comments/reviews; view the complete thread or post your own.
"Intense" is definitely the word I'd use to describe this remix, too.
I probably wouldn't have recognized the [i]Robin S. - Show me love[/i] influence without reading about it in the write-up, but since I know what to look for now, I can see how you used it.

- Martin Penwald on September 29, 2009
I have been listening to this mix for a while, but didn't have time to post my thoughts until now. The mix is fantastic. It lives up to the awesome that is Beatdrop! Your work just keeps getting better and better :) . Hopefully we will hear even more from you in the future ^_^.

- jintoreedwine on September 28, 2009
I've never played the game, and I've never heard the original song, but this remix screams awesome.

- MuraRengan on September 28, 2009
This is a really catchy tune and it feels like it is going punch me in the face any moment.
Awesome work.

- metalsnakejuice on September 25, 2009
::slaps myself:: Wow, I really have been slacking off as far as posting on reviews. Every time Beatdrop or Rayza submit a track, I almost cream myself. lol KIDDING OF COURSE, KIDDING. :-P

I LOVE BEATDROP AND THIS SONG. 'NOUGH SAID.

- JaDE ARaN HaRuNo on September 24, 2009
All I have to say is "Holy crap, this is awesome!"

- Citan on September 12, 2009
This kicks ass! Nice glitch work too, fits perfectly in the flow of the track.

- abg on September 9, 2009
This is sick. Full, exciting arrangement, and really solid production. Fantastic work all around...

- Theophany on September 9, 2009
OA;588081 wrote: My Friends, the beats have been dropped.

:-P Oh how true you are OA...
This mix is definitely hits you hard right from the start with the synth and drums, and it only gets better and more aggressive from there-on.
Awesome work Beatdrop. Just plain awesome.

- Sir_Downunder on September 9, 2009
My Friends, the beats have been dropped.
Super intense and a lot of great hooks packed in. Some of the high end was a little too brittle for my tastes, but overall the track was really nice. I love the counterpoint parts of the arrangement, and each listen revealed new parts, so as time went on, i liked it more.
Awesome work. :-)

- OA on September 8, 2009
Now I know what you've been busy doing, totally awesome work Dain, now if only you'd get your remix album done...XD...I want your Blood Inside remix...
As for this piece, Vectorman is another game I haven't played, but with your remix from the soundtrack, it makes me want to go back and play the game.

- Kinslayer on September 7, 2009
Really excellent work here--usually electronica this intense isn't really my thing, but I found myself totally getting into this piece. It's got real style. Great job.

- Lucentas on September 7, 2009
If I could sum this song up with one word, that word would be intense. The whole song is just one huge rolling wall of sound. Das ist ausgezeichnet. Danke.

- Kasperl on September 7, 2009
The first thing that I thought when hearing this is that it is loaded with sound. Musically it just feels...full. Great job filling, practically literally, the soundscape. The entire mix is driving, which is great in that it never loses intensity. Also, despite hearing the same melodic line more than a few times through the piece I never found it to be repetative.
Catchy, dancy, good job!

- DragonAvenger on September 6, 2009
Awesome mix. Makes me want to break out my Genesis. I'm gonna be playing this all day today!

- Hachi on September 6, 2009

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