Playlist of the Week: Dam Swindle
When we got asked to remix the Salsoul catalogue we felt so incredibly honoured, but at the same time, got a little scared. Remixing anything from their extensive discography raises some serious challenges — how can you tastefully remix a track that is (almost) perfect? And how do you add your own signature without losing the essence of the original? Questions that every producer will have had, but even more so when remixing classics.
So then the next question is a tough one — if you can choose from such a big array of tracks, do you choose something that people will know? Or something obscure? If you choose the latter, chances are that people will have less of a strong opinion about it. If you choose the first, the chance that you could mess it up (in the eyes of the beholder) increases tenfold.
After long deliberation, we chose to remix some stone-cold, very well-known classics and put in some serious work (and time). After months of putting in the hours and several recording sessions, we finally got to the point where we felt we could answer the first two questions with a positive answer; we got it!
The following list is an homage to (at least for our ears) perfectly executed edits, remixes, or covers. Always adding something to elevate the original to a new level without losing sight of its pedigree.
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