nice+smooth Remix Contest
Message from nice+smooth
In one word: WOW!
All of us here at nice+smooth were completely blown away by the creativity and effort put into these remixes. It was REALLY difficult to pick just one winner, as we heard at least 30 versions which we thought were worthy of releasing!!! The AP community is bubblin'!!! Much respect to all of you who took the time to work on this project, it was by far the coolest promotion we've ever had the pleasure of taking part in. Big ups!!
All of us here at nice+smooth were completely blown away by the creativity and effort put into these remixes. It was REALLY difficult to pick just one winner, as we heard at least 30 versions which we thought were worthy of releasing!!! The AP community is bubblin'!!! Much respect to all of you who took the time to work on this project, it was by far the coolest promotion we've ever had the pleasure of taking part in. Big ups!!
Winner
Prizes
The winning remixer will receive a copy of ACID PRO 4.0 software and two loop libraries. nice+smooth will include the winning submission on a remix 12" to be released within six months of the contest closing date.Listen to the Original Tracks
DB8 by Kinder Atom - listenOrganic Love (Stuhr mix) by Stuhr/Moonraker - listen
Feel It by Visionary - listen
About nice+smooth
nice+smooth Ultramedia is Toronto's dynamic collective of artists, dj's, and producers, fusing their talents into a diverse nu-music record label and exquisite ultra-media production agency.That's what it says on their website. And, judging by the sounds coming out of nice + smooth, it's true.
nice+smooth has released three very successful METRO BREAKS CDs and vinyl releases, and just dropped their fourth d 'n' b compilation, OSCILLATE. Many of the selections on the disk are exclusive and unreleased tracks from some heavy-hitters in the international scene including Visionary (Flex Records / Hustlin' Beats), Illfingas (Furious Records/Vinyl Syndicate), D-Region (Furious), Andy B (Hardleaders), Moonstarr (Compost Records), DYNASTY feat. SUNYA (Furious/Jedi), DJ Freedom, Kinder Atom and others.
Some key cuts from the CD have just been released on 12" vinyl internationally through nice + smooth's sub-label OSCILLATE RECORDINGS. The disc was digitally mixed using ACID PRO 3.0 by nice+smooth's Gerald Belanger, with the usual wide assortment of styles and structures the Toronto DJ is well known for. So you gotta love that.
nice+smooth is offering up three tracks from the OSCILLATE CD for remixing, from three different artists:
Visionary are prolific Toronto producers Marcus Sills and Dave Whalen, who have been releasing rough and steady beats since 1996 through top UK labels Flex and Hustlin Beats, and on Toronto labels On Point, Dub 2010, Division One and Vinyl Syndicate. They also were featured on the three previous nice+smooth Metro Breaks d 'n' b compilations, each time with an exclusive cut. DJ Marcus can be found headlining raves and clubs across Canada with every major player from the UK scene, with detailed weekly reports on his 8-year strong radio show The Prophecy, airing on Toronto station CIUT 89.5 FM. Visionary offers Feel It for your remixing pleasure.
Moonraker are a Boston based live breakbeat outfit currently riding a wave of popularity for their jazzed-out funk-soul mania featuring vocalist Kelli Skaar. The offshoot duo Stuhr are made up of Moonraker's producer Nate Greenberg and Toronto's Dan Chen, who co-wrote and produced this version of their smash single Organic Love, provided here for remixing. The group is continually broadening its fan base with regular performances along the East Coast and in Toronto.
Kinder Atom is the collective of nice+smoothies Gerald Belanger, Chris Drost, Kris Helstrom and Heiki Sillaste. They have always contributed new unreleased tracks for the Metro Breaks compilations and find themselves listening to jungle on long road trips. The Kinder Atom crew is currently assembling their 5th full-length CD for 2003, featuring a wide assortment of psychedelic electronic sounds. Kinder Atom's DB8 is the remix track.
That's a whole lotta remixing, presented to a whole lotta remixers. You APers (that's inside-speak for ACIDplanet citizens) know that ACIDplanet is becoming a hotbed of internationally-recognized musical talent. Let's show our friends from up north what'cha got.
