The Metropolis Ensemble will perform what sounds like it will be an interesting take on Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, called The Rite: Remixed tonight at Prospect Park in Brooklyn.
Composers Ryan Francis, Leo Leite, and Ricardo Romaneiro have reimagined the Rite of Spring as a piece for chamber orchestra and live electronics.
You can hear [...]

Every now and then, a remix album is released that just makes you wonder “What the hell were they thinking?”.
But you know what the hell they were thinking - they were thinking about making a quick buck.
Johnny Cash Remixed, an upcoming release on Compadre Records/Music World Music promises to showcase Remixers Gone Wild. The album [...]

Bill O’Reilly freaks out on Inside Edition - and gets remixed.

Here’s a strange bit of info via Hans Zimmer:
EMI Music is set to release an album containing 5 remixes of primarily the Jack Sparrow themes from the score for the Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End by such popular artists as Paul Oakenfold, The Crystal Method and Ryeland Allison.
I’m not sure what to think [...]

This album, the third in the Verve remix series, is an interesting collection of reworkings of classic jazz tracks. The series takes cuts from the Verve archives and pairs them with top remixers, including Brazilian Girls, Sugardaddy, Adam Freeland, Danger Mouse and Carl Craig.
Verve has one of the strongest collections of work by great jazz [...]

Sarah McLachlan hasn’t been a prolific artist, but her remix CDs have helped bring her beautiful voice and quirky songs to a broader audience than otherwise would have heard her.
Bloom, like McLachlan’s previous venture into remix territory, brings together an A-list of remixers and gives them all a chance to work with some great material. [...]

No One Else is the debut single/EP from Natalie Walker. The release features the track No One Else, with three remixes, and Circles.
The single No One Else is a attractive love song delivered in a longing, yet forlorn way, by Walker. Walker is backed by underwater Enoesque piano and downtempo orchestration that brings to mind Portishead [...]

Motown Remixed is a fun collection of remixes of Motown hits from artists like the Jackson 5, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder.
The remixes do a good job of providing an updated look at some familiar hits, while not veering off so far from the originals to be distracting. Most of [...]

Convoy man Chip Davis is back with another dose of Fresh Aire with his latest release, Halloween 2.
Halloween 2 doesn’t stray too far from the standard Mannheim Steamroller sound, mixing synths with classical instruments and throwing in some scary sound effects. Davis has figured out a formula that works for his fans, and he delivers.
This [...]

Reinterpretations is an interesting compilation from Kanpai Records that features electronica artists doing remixes or reinterpretations of classic tracks by new age electronic music artist Kitaro.
For over nearly thirty years, Kitano has been creating relaxing new age music, using a combination of synthesizers and traditional instruments. On Reinterpretations, the artists take several approaches to reworking [...]