ReMix:Streets of Rage "Streets of Rave" 3:25

It's been 3+ years since our last Streets of Rage mix. Crazy, eh? Here to take it (back) to the streets is Amphibious, with an aggressive EDM arrangement that got started, as so many great things do, in a MAGFest hotel room:

"At MAGFest I was in a room with some cool peoples, Nathan Becker (ectogemia) being one of them. One day we decided to start a random song in FL on my laptop. It was pretty fun, and I learned a bunch of cool tips for mixing and sound design from him. This mix used that project file as a basis, so he certainly gets an honorable mention. I've learned a lot of things from a lot of different people on OCR in compos and just general conversation as well, so I have a lot of people to really thank.

I was originally just trying to make a pumping dance track, but as I started fiddling about I played the Fighting in the Streets lead overtop of what I started and I thought to myself "Oh damn." So I reworked it, expanded the arrangement and eventually ended up with this. It felt like a very convincing and logical style for a Streets of Rage remix. I layered a lot of percussion samples, worked with way more automation than I'm used to, layered tons of other sounds. I did a lot of new things with this and it was a pretty big undertaking, but in the end I think it turned out to be one of my best works yet. I've tried to do harder electronic music before but nothing has turned out quite like this one has. I hope you all enjoy it!"

Nutritious certainly did:

"Great arrangement for sure. Source is all over the place, but always used in a creative way. Nice touch with stuff like the swirl-type effect at 1:37. There is a ton of attention to detail like this throughout the track with keep it fresh and interesting. Ending was a bit sudden, but otherwise it sounds really polished. Excellent work."

As did Larry:

"In any case, the overall product was sweet and the arrangement had great style and interpretation. Streets of Rage was an amazing soundtrack, and I really REALLY hope this isn't the last time Jordan tackles this score, because this was very enjoyable and really lent a completely different, amped up energy. Cool stuff."

As did I; as Larry mentions, this really galvanizes the already kickin' source tune, and I love the sheer amount of motion going on at any given point, the explosive effects, & all the little programming details. Jordan upped his production game for this one, and it shows, and it's the type of ReMix that's fun to listen to the first time but also rewards repeat listens to track & catch all the little bits. Always great to see more SoR/Yuzo, and equally groovy to see more from Amphibious, who clearly has picked up a few tricks here & there and put them to excellent use on this arrangement!