Tag: refix

REFIX SPECIAL! REAL TALK FEATURING DOT ROTTEN!

ok so I have the flu, its 8am, and have only tomorrow to get better for my show on monday… greeeeeat.

Anyway woooop! what a banger we have here! Me and dot wrote this a while back over one of his produced song ‘Real Talk 2’ but never ended up doing anything with it so i thought, why not spruce it up with a good old refix?

as im going to be releasing these refixes for download every 50k views I get on my channel, I thought id bend the rules for you guys and get a feature in!

The downloadable mp3’s will be available in the download section MIDWEEK, FRIDAY at the VERY LATEST! im just trying to sort out a graphic designer for the cover

THis Weeks Refix: Devlin Ft Yasmin – Runaway

Week 12! This week is Runaway by the ever so talented Devlin and Yasmin who not only sings, but happens to be my favorite Dj ever!

musically this was pretty straight forward, so instead I decided to focus closer on the lyrical aspects of the song. The original version describes a young man and his girlfriend escaping their surroundings in search of a place that delivers them true freedom, but there are always 2 sides of a story, so I decided to speak from the perspective of the young mans mother dealing with the fact that her child has runaway as it were 😀

the best part of this (and also the trickiest) was transcribing the melody of the hook into guitar. I gotta say, it has a VERY interesting structure that constantly moves, top marks to Yasmin for creativity and execution!

well, thats all from me this week, only 2 more weeks to go till volume 1 of the refixes are up for download too so keep your eyes peeled!

The Sunday Refix: Random Impulse X Labrinth: Let The Sunshine

week 11… its 1pm, again no sleep, and my laptop got wiped. good times! haha.
ok this week its the man himself mr labrinth!

I Added a HELL of a lot of things that wern’t in the original, from hi hats and cymbals to guitars all over the place, oh and I think its the first time i put down a guitar solo at the end of a refix too. Ive taught myself quite a few instruments this past year, but one that I havent quite got the hang of yet is the keyboard, and that made the main riff of this refix take a while to say the least.

I hope he gets to hear this as id LOVE to hear what he thinks if my remake haha!

anyway till next week guys and gals…

The Sunday Refix: Random Impulse X Example ‘See The Sea’

WEEK 10..

Again i had to pull an all nighter for this this one, a solid 27 hours to be exact. Ive been preparing my ep which is going to go hand in hand with the refix download as well as well as getting a SUPER AWESOME top secret refix organized so it was the only way! but anyway, on with the refix…

this week its my my fave track on boy Example’s MASSIVE track ‘see the sea!’ first time Ive made something even remotely reggae ‘ish’ in my life (I wont lie, I had to do some guitar chord research online!) but aside from that, there was nothing too out of the impulse ordinary instrumentally.

Where it gets cool however is my play of the title!

my freestyle basically explains the mentality of MANY artists that have a bit of a buzz. A lot of new artists that have only begun to gain recognition always seem to act as if they’re the big guy that runs the show, but I explain that they are only the big shark when in the small fish bowl that is the underground scene. My interpretation of “seeing the sea” is that although im in a fish bowl, I am aware how far I still have to go: there’s a whole sea to conquer, i “see the sea” and am not satisfied by being a mere bigger fish in a small pool.

…im rambling arn’t i? lol apologies, i must sleep.

anyway i hope you enjoy!

Till next week…

TSR: Random Impulse X Chase&Status X SHM ‘Let you go’ + ‘One (your Name)’ REFIX

Week 9: ok ive been up for 26 HOURS doing This Refix, But it sure was worth it! I wasnt sure which of these two songs to refix which gave me the idea of doing them both, then mixing em in like a dj!

AS WELL AS THAT I also went back to my story telling ‘full metal alchemist’ style which tied the two together pretty well i think!

SORRY for the amount of singing!! Im no singer, but i tried lol.

anyway im way too tired to carry on typing so i’ll leave it at that. ENJOY! 🙂

Till Next Week peeps…

The Sunday Refix : Drake’s ‘Over’

week 7: I will not lie, i’m VERY proud of this one! When I first thought to do this song i though it would be near enough impossible to recreate an entire brass section and violin with just my guitar but i think i pulled it off! there are one ore to cutting issues with this one, but hopefully it wont stop you enjoying all the same!

until next week 😀

The Sunday Refix: Dizzee Rascal ‘Jus A Rascal’

Oh my god what a week i’ve had. I’ll keep the moaning short: It was a DAMN long week, and on top of that, this took a WHILE! making the beat sound the same was easy, but adding a ton of intricate little guitar slides and that really pushed my creativity.

now I KNOW what you’re thinking, this is pretty short, but i can assure you the amount of time put into this easily compensates!

With the vocals it was really cool to revisit spitting fast as i havent done it in a while, nor have I spat this agressive for a while. Makes a nice change!

anyway thats all from me, be sure to suscribe and add me on twitter (im funny i promise)

The Sunday Refix: Random Impulse X Kano – P’s & Q’s

Week 4 in my series of refix’s and this time I brought it back to the mother land: GRIME! and classic grime at that! As always I played Guitar as the leading melody, but I just couldnt help adding the odd little synth stab here and there just to keep true to the genre. I also added hi-hats that wernt originally there in the song.

Lirically… If im honest… I just wanted to go all out and let my flow loose! After working on such conceptually strong songs for my album its nice to let loose every now and then 🙂

Till next week folks!

The Sunday Refix: Random Impulse X B.O.B – Airplanes

again this refix is pretty short, due to the amount of time making the music, but i really put heart into the words and o the playing of the lead guitar, so it may not be long, but its meaningful. well, to me anyway lol


I wont play it cool, this song was a NIGHTMARE to remake. replaying the guitar melodys were okay, but the drums…ugh, it makes me tired just thinking about how nuts they were to mix.