lazygecko Posted December 25, 2003 Posted December 25, 2003 It's called West Bristol because it's like the mother area of Trip Hop. Quote
Being Posted November 19, 2004 Posted November 19, 2004 WOW. I don't quite remember this song, but it works great with the electronic portion. Well done, old chap, well done. Quote
mecca Posted April 5, 2005 Posted April 5, 2005 Terrific. One of the best. When I explain to people that I prefer OC-Remixes to actual music, they look at me as if I'm listening to 8-bit samples - Mr Cousins is the epiphamy of OCR, in that you can listen to videogame music anywhere if it's produced well enough - triumphant. This is not just my favourite OC-Remix, it's my favourite song period. Congratulations Ben! Keep up the good work! Quote
Less Ashamed Of Self Posted July 24, 2005 Posted July 24, 2005 No fighting this one... One of OCR's best. An amzing track that deserves the attention of ANYONE who loves this kind of music. A phenomenal track. Quote
watkinzez Posted November 10, 2005 Posted November 10, 2005 Did I comment on this one? Apparently not. Excellent song. Amazing genre conversion. Some people may say it repeats ad verbatim, but it doesn't really need much more in my opinion. One thing though, after going back to the original version (I played Substance in 2004), I felt that only using a fraction of the lyrics was holding the remix back from its full potential. I understand that the voice clips were taken from the trailer, though, which only had the first two lines. I think I can forgive you. Quote
Knotan Posted March 11, 2006 Posted March 11, 2006 This song is so.. so. so damn good.. It almost make me cry. >Well im drunk when i write this but i have heard this song before and its just. damn to good. Sounds like a theme song to an old James bond movie. and man i love James Bond movies (the old ones). keep it up. this is clearly one of the best songs on OCremix.. Love you. Quote
Navi Posted April 4, 2006 Posted April 4, 2006 way back when this came out, it was one of the first songs i got from OCR. i had it on all of my mix cds and fell asleep to it on occasion too. it's a perfect embodiment of the triphop/portishead sound. i love it to death. Quote
zircon Posted April 4, 2006 Posted April 4, 2006 Direct rip mixed with default Reason drumloop.. uhh, wow? Did I miss something here? Quote
Navi Posted April 4, 2006 Posted April 4, 2006 err, it's not a direct rip at all. have you listened to the original? i can understand complaints with reliance on the vocal sample, but to say it's a direct rip is really pushing it. Quote
zircon Posted April 4, 2006 Posted April 4, 2006 Yes, I have the MGS2 soundtrack. I suppose I should have said "too much reliance on direct sampling". Quote
PassivePretentiousness Posted April 24, 2006 Posted April 24, 2006 The hardest part of the mix was working out the chord sequence to underpin the vocals, I'm not sure its the same as the original track. Took me a couple of evenings looping the vocals and trying to finds the right chords. I'm a drummer first, and a very poor keyboard player so that was hard. Indeed. That's the part I'm most impressed with. You took a totally acapella solo voice piece and added a chord progression and listenable rhythm. Very impressive considering how little there was to work with in the original. Actually, come to think of it, the original is really dry and boring (though I guess it's part of the atmosphere) and I can actually listen to this one. Just never was a fan of solo vocal music. As for the choppiness and cutting of the vocals/sounds, that's part of the genre. If you don't like it, you wouldn't like the genre. Good stuff. D zircon: is this track really as simple as you insist. One of the toughest judges ever suggested otherwise. Quote
Navi Posted April 26, 2006 Posted April 26, 2006 well, i really don't think the complexity is in question (as zircon meant to say overreliance on sampling). As many have pointed out, the backing music that BC did add does follow the chord structure/melody of the original, albeit moving it from a jazz piece to triphop instrumentation. The arrangement of the original is there - which is impressive given that BC was working with a clip of the song and not the actual song. The issue at hand is the direct sampling of the source. In this case, I feel that the genre adaption/processing on the vocals does help a lot. I mean, it's not like he ripped the track and pasted it over his mix. He built a new song around it - while still keeping to the progression of the original - in a completely different style. In my opinion, this song fits under OCR's guidelines moreso than the other song on OCR to do this - Jared Hudson's FFX remix, which was contested during the last lockdown and ended up being kept on the site. Going back and rereading all the lockdown decisions on that song, I can pretty much apply everything said to this track. Quote
zircon Posted April 26, 2006 Posted April 26, 2006 I don't think it's really even being contested. Taking a rip and adding your own stuff under it is just not what this site is about any moreso than the Black Lodge remix is. Basically this was one of our criteria when considering mixes; if you took out all the directly sampled material, what would you be left with? In this case, basically nothing. Quote
Ben Cousins Posted June 2, 2006 Posted June 2, 2006 Nice to know you guys are still enjoying this mix! Quote
watkinzez Posted August 6, 2006 Posted August 6, 2006 It survived! What I mean to say is I still love this song. Quote
mecca Posted August 15, 2006 Posted August 15, 2006 Enjoying this mix you say Ben? Enjoying it? Dude, I start most days listening to this genius. Many thanks for this fantastic tune. Quote
Solanalos Posted September 22, 2006 Posted September 22, 2006 It's been a while since I've listened to this. It's still gold Quote
Jaybell Posted July 25, 2008 Posted July 25, 2008 The writeup of this mix made me discover Portishead which I am very grateful for. And the mix itself is pretty freaking sexy too. Quote
phatzilla Posted July 25, 2008 Posted July 25, 2008 Holy shit i'm an idiot...how do you actually download this remix? Quote
dashafiyah Posted October 29, 2008 Posted October 29, 2008 I'm bloody upset this is one of the first mixes I ever got from this site years ago because I can't see how anyone can top it. I'm very happy to see bencousins are still checking the reviews because I think this track needs to be put up against some of the WORLD'S BEST video game tracks and not only can it hold it's own, I still truly believe this tops them. I've played it for people who swore it was a commercial song. Hell, *I* still have to remind myself it's not. Take pride in this masterpiece, Bencousins....take pride. An absolutely SMASHING song Quote
OceansAndrew Posted August 16, 2010 Posted August 16, 2010 Pretty cool, I like the chords and atmosphere, cool effects and the beat works too. I am ambivalent about the prominent sampling from the game soundtrack itself, as I don't think that'd really fly these days, but It really does work. Quote
MechaFone Posted December 21, 2010 Posted December 21, 2010 Makes me wonder if I'm filled with love or if I'm just hurt and pain. Non-clever referencing aside, I really love this song. I remember listening to it over and over and over again when I lived in Hawaii and worked the late shift with nothing else to do. Quote
Clem Posted August 24, 2013 Posted August 24, 2013 I've always loved this mix. One of the all time best IMO Quote
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