Remix Contests

Depeche Mode Remix Contest

[Closed : Winners will be announced 9 July, 2009]

If it wasn’t for Depeche Mode, electronic music might be very different. The English group’s innovation in the studio, particularly with their use of samplers, has influenced electronic music in uncountable ways.

The three pioneers of techno - Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson and Juan Atkins, regularly cited Depeche Mode as an influence when they were experimenting with Detroit techno in the mid 1980s, and Depeche Mode are often named by today’s leading DJs and electronic music artists as key influencers.

No other band of their stature has commissioned so many dance music producers to remix their work. The list so far includes Danny Tenaglia, Sasha, UNKLE, Paul van Dyk, Ricardo Villalobos, Booka Shade, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Michael Mayer, Rex The Dog, Ewan Pearson, Plastikman, Speedy J, Orbital, Blackstrobe, Underworld and Boys Noize.

The band’s connection to electronic music is more than just influence, it helped to give it a beating heart. That makes a Depeche Mode remix contest something special, and for the first time ever, the band have agreed to let the public remix one of their songs officially.

Beatport is honoured to bring this unique opportunity to the electronic music community.

The full contest rules can be found here.

UPDATE
We are taking each one of your remixes seriously, and we have a team of people here at Beatport listening to every single one. Due to the overwhelming number of remixes (1000+) it is taking longer than expected.

We will now deliver the shortlist of potential winners to Depeche Mode and Mute on June 25th. The band will then make their decision within two weeks.

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Cr2 and Fedde Le Grand ‘Get This Feeling’ Remix Contest

[Contest Over : 19 March, 2009]

Beatportal has teamed up with Cr2 Records to offer aspiring producers the chance to remix Fedde Le Grand’s ‘Get This Feeling’ and have their remixes released on the high profile imprint.

Cr2 need four remixes from four different genres: house, electro house, tech house and techno, and a winner from each genre will be released on the label. The winners will also receive a $50 Beatport gift card and some Beatport goodies.

As usual, the Beatport and Beatportal community will have the chance to vote for the best submitted remixes by ‘spinning’ their favorites.

Click here for further details and prize information.

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Franz Ferdinand ‘Ulysses’ remix contest

[Contest Over : 29 December, 2008]

The deliberation phase for the remix contest is now finished.

Registered users were able to listen to and ‘spin’ remixes they like, and the top ten user-generated ‘spun’ remixes were sent straight to Domino Records and Franz Ferdinand, along with another ten remixes chosen by Beatportal’s editors.

After sorting through hundreds of remix submissions, the Beatport and Domino teams have found the Grand Prize winner, along with the other finalists. 

Click through to see the Grand Prize Winner and the other finalists.

View the full competition rules and prizes here.

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Audion Billy Says Go remix contest

[Contest Over : 30 October, 2008]

Get Voting! Voting has begun for the Audion ‘Billy Says Go’ remix contest.

After a two-week period of uploading, 537 user-submitted remixes of ‘Billy Says Go’ were added to the system and now the public have the chance to vote for their favorite remixes.

Just listen to the remixes below, and ‘Spin’ the ones you like. Don’t forget, you can also filter the remixes by genre using the drop down ‘Genre’ menu.

The top ‘Spun’ remixes will be sent to Audion’s record label Spectral Sound.

View the full competition rules here.

If you missed the remix contest but still would like to remix Audion ‘Billy Says Go’ you can download the remix parts using the links below for a short period of time.

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Celeda and Danny Tenaglia’s ‘Music is the Answer’ remix

[Contest Over : 14 August, 2008]

House legends Danny Tenaglia and Celeda along with TWISTED Records team up to give music fans a chance to remix one of the biggest house music anthems of all time—Danny Tenaglia and Celeda’s ‘Music Is The Answer’.

Once again, the Beatportal community will have the chance to vote for the best submitted remixes by ‘spinning’ the remixes they like best.

The remix competition is open to producers from all genres, as Celeda and Danny Tenaglia are looking for innovative, cutting-edge and thought-provoking mixes of this track. 

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Paul van Dyk remix

[Contest Over : 16 July, 2008]

One of the world’s biggest DJs and producers, Germany’s Paul van Dyk, is looking for a talented producer to remix his track with Giuseppe Ottaviani, ‘Far Away’, on Beatport.

And for the very first time, the Beatportal community has the chance to vote for the best submitted remixes.

Registered users are able to listen to and ‘spin’ remixes they like, and the top 15 ‘spun’ remixes will be sent straight to Paul van Dyk, along with 15 remixes chosen by Beatportal’s editors.

Note: There’s a genre filter below, so if you only want to listen to remixes in a certain style, you can

Click here for the competition rules.

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