MANIAC - GIVE IT UP (WOLVES REMIX)

I saw this remix (contest?) up on AP.net and thought I'd give it a shot. The song was kind of a wacky, but I had some good ideas for it. The big challenge was that the vocals really didn't match the style I was going for, so I just stripped out the two parts that I really liked and looped those. There was also a bunch of hoops and hollers in the song, and i took little pieces of those and made a pattern which kind of became the verse vocals. I'm particularly proud of the transition from the first chorus to the second verse, it came off pretty seamlessly which rarely happens with my songs.

The contest(?) required you submitting a youtube response video so here is my youtube video with some slightly different artwork. Make sure to check it out in HD as well as the link to the soundcloud version below.



Maniac - Give It Up (Wolves Remix) by Wolves Of Saint August

Status: Semi-Official
File Under: Regurgitated Two
Duration: 4:01
Inspiration: Baths Live Show, Small Black, Gold Panda - You

LOCAL NATIVES - CAMERA TALK (WOLVES REMIX)

I was browsing Hype Machine the other day and saw a banner ad for Local Natives advertising that they had stems available for download. They had four songs to choose from, and instead of picking the one that I liked the best. I actually just picked the one that had been done the least amount of times, and it turned out it was the song Camera Talk (which actually hadn't been remixed at all at that point), so i decided to do that one. It turned out to be a great choice because it had an awesome strings part, and a really moody chorus.

Update: Check out the remix up on the official Local Natives Remix page HERE.

Local Natives - Camera Talk (Wolves Remix) by Wolves Of Saint August

Status: Semi Official
File Under: Wolves Remixes Vol.4
Duration: 3:04
Inspiration: Oh No! Yoko - 90s Kids (Teen Daze Remix), Washed Out

FISCHERSPOONER - INFIDELS OF THE WORLD UNITE (WOLVES REMIX)

So apparently I have the worst luck when it comes to remix contests. First it was the Kristen Wiig/Macgrubber one getting closed a week early, and now this. I just got an email saying that my remix for the Green Shoe Laces/Dim Mak remix contest got rejected. I'm not sure why, but as far as I can tell, it's because I live in California, and for some reason people in California can't enter. No idea why. Here's the remix any way.

Update: I resubmitted, and for some reason they excepted it this time. Go figure.

Fischerspooner - Infidels Of The World Unite (Wolves Lo-Fidels Remix) by Wolves Of Saint August

Status: Contest (sorta)
File Under: Wolves Remixes Vol.4
Duration: 3:07
Inspiration: Justice vs Simian - We Are Your Friends

Ice Cream Social - Fathoms + Remixage

I met Sam (Ice Cream Social) through our mutual friend Devin (Lion, Roar!). I started checking out his blog, and listening to the songs he posted as he made them. They caught my ear, but it wasn't until after I finally talked him into sending me his full album that I truly recognized his genius.

Fathoms is 13 minutes and 24 seconds of pure music magic. A fully realized instrumental concept album (which is no small feat). I offered my services as a designer and ended up doing the artwork for the album. I did the world map (above) and cover (below). Now check out the album:

Ice Cream Social - Fathoms
Fathoms is the soundtrack to an imaginary video game, paying tribute to side-scrolling platform games from the 16-bit era of SNES, Genesis and DOS with a modern spin.

1 Anthem
2 Galaxy
3 Factory
4 Jungle
5 City
6 Forest
7 Underwater
8 Cave
9 Boss
DOWNLOAD

*Bonus Shiz:
I also did a remix for the song jungle as well. Check that out here:
Ice Cream Social - Jungle (Wolves Remix) by Wolves Of Saint August

Status: Official
File Under: Wolves Remixes Vol.4
Duration: 4:13
Inspiration: Toro Y Moi, RAC (nintendo vs. sega), Starscream

Wolves Remixes Vol.3

There isn't much to say here since I did a play by play on pretty much every track on this album. If you've been following the remixes as they come out this is still worth a look. About half the tracks have been re edited, and this also includes an extended version of the Passion Pit Sleepyhead remix.

This was a fun thing to produce, and I hope people enjoy it. Vol.4 is already in the works.

DOWNLOAD Wolves Remixes Vol.3

Status: Wolves 3rd set of remixes
Duration: 43:00
Inspiration: Daft Punk, Simian Mobile Disco, Slugabed, Nosaj Thing, Fuck Buttons, MSTRKRFT

THE NU WAVE - MY FAVORITE DRUG (WOLVES REMIX)

I stumbled across The Nu Wave one day while surfing ap.net's free music Friday. Their EP was a ton of fun. Every song was catchy as hell. I contacted them almost immediately and asked them if they were interested in me doing a remix for them. It turns out they were.

This was one of those remixes where after I finally got it to a good place I spent a good week or two tweaking to get it just right. The guitar was particularly hard to integrate, because so much of the remix is electronics, I just couldn't get it to jive with the rest of track, and none of my usual tricks were working. Finally I just sat and listened to the guitar track by itself for a while. I found one part in particular really caught my interest. In the end I only used about 2 seconds of the whole guitar clip, and just looped it backwards and forwards a ton of times. I was really inspired by dubstep for this one, and listened to a lot of slugabed and numbernin6 while working on this. I loved how the verse bass line came out.

Download the Track Here

The Nu Wave - My Favorite Drug (Wolves Withdrawl Remix) by Wolves Of Saint August

And make sure to go download The Nu Wave's free EP over HERE.

Status: Official
File Under: Wolves Remixes Vol.3
Duration: 4:28
Inspiration: Daft Punk - Tron Legacy Theme (John Roman Remix), Innerpartysystem - Last Night In Brooklyn (Numbernin6 Remix)

BRIAN BEYKE - HOW OUR LIVES LOOK WITH THE LIGHTS OFF (WOLVES REMIX) + KRISTEN WIIG - CHAMPION (WOLVES REMIX) + Soundcloud

Well It's your lucky day. Two new Wolves remixes. My second one for Brian Beyke and a contest entry for the MacGruber remix contest. I'm a big fan of Will Forte, and the movie is a lot of fun, so you should check it out.

Brian Beyke - How Our Lives Look With The Lights Off (Wolves Remix) by Wolves Of Saint August

Status: Official
File Under: Wolves Remixes Vol.3
Duration: 4:53

Kristen Wiig - Champion (Wolves Upperdecker Remix) by Wolves Of Saint August

Status: Contest Entry
File Under: Wolves Remixes Vol.3
Duration: 2:40

Also in case you didn't notice, I'm now on soundcloud. Which is where you can stream and download a bunch of my stuff. Here is my SOUNDCLOUD

HAROLD FALTERMEYER - AXEL F (WOLVES REMIX)

Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F (Wolves Banana In The Tailpipe Remix) by Wolves Of Saint August


Status: Unofficial
File Under: Wolves Remixes Vol.3
Duration: 4:23
Inspiration: Clerks Animated Series, Daft Punk - Rollin and Scratchin

KID CUDI - DAY N NITE (WOLVES REMIX)

I've been working on this one off and on for a couple months. It took a long time to get this thing to point a where I really liked it. I was kind of just copying the crookers remix at first, but I think I came up with something original by the end. Not a whole lot to say about this one, just check it out.

Kid Cudi - Day N Nite (Wolves Remix) (download)

(Original)

Status: Unofficial
File Under: Wolves Remixes Vol.3
Duration: 4:09
Inspiration: Crookers

BRIAN BEYKE - JOEL (AUTUMN)(WOLVES REMIX)

The thing that really stood out about Brian Beyke for me was that I thought it was so cool that he was doing this big post rock sound by himself. The other thing I thought was amazing about his music was that even though it was rather minimal, each of the songs had parts that really drew you in. Each song had an individuality to it with some sort of special element that keeps what is a rather acute sound from blending together.

This remix went through a lot of transformation while I was working on it. The first two or three versions I did were over 6 minutes long, and it just wasn't quite working, so even though it was going to be a ton of work, I tore the whole thing down, and started over again. The thing I'm always trying to do with remixes is make something that sounds completely different from the original. With this one I tried turning a slow lilting song into a slightly more upbeat atmospheric electronic song. It's probably going to sound really out of place on my next remix album, but here you go:

Check out the remix HERE.
Check out Brian over HERE.

Status: Official
File Under: Wolves Remixes Vol.3
Duration: 3:39
Inspiration: Nosaj Thing, Ratatat

TEAMNATE - DO WHAT WE SAY (WOLVES REMIX)

While I was looking for some new music the other day I stumbled across the group TeamNate. I downloaded their demo CD. After a listen or two I found that I kept getting their song Do What We Say stuck in my head, so I ended up contacting to see if they'd be interested in me doing a remix and it turns out they were.

Well that's the story of how it happened, as far the actual remix itself here is some of the thought process. I don't really have a signature style like a lot of other remix artist do, so when I do a remix I tend to just try and do something really different from the original. With the TeamNate remix I tried taking an upbeat dance and making it into a heavy slow song, and here it is:

TEAMNATE - DO WHAT WE SAY (WOLVES REMIX) _ (original)

Check out TeamNate all over the web ETANMAET.COM

Status: Official
File Under: Wolves Remixes Vol.3
Duration: 4:28
Inspiration: Fever Ray - If I Had A Heart (Fuck Buttons Remix) & Fuck Buttons in General

HALL & OATES - YOU MAKE MY DREAMS (WOLVES REMIX)

This song has been popping up all over the place recently. It seems like every time a movie wants to have a really happy scene they throw this song in there. I'd heard this song before, but when I stood up and took notice was when it appeared in Step Brothers. I thought the Bass/Piano line at the beginning would make an amazing dance riff.

This was not a quick remix. This probably took me three months from start to end. I did a whole other version that I had to pretty much scrap and redo the entire lead part. I wish I could have gotten an accapella to put it a little bit more more vocals in there, but at the same time I think this version works really well.

HALL & OATES - YOU MAKE MY DREAMS (WOLVES REMIX) _ (original)

Status: Unofficial
File Under: Wolves Remixes Vol.3
Duration: 3:49
Inspiration: MSTRKRFT - Vuvuvu, Motor - Death Rave