Odd Year

Really dug the original track and wanted to give the remix more of a dubby downtempo treatment.

At last, my collaboration with The Reverb Junkie, EP1, is out today!      It’s been over a year in the making, but you finally get to hear the finished product today.  The first time I heard The Reverb Junkie’s vocals was on a track submission for a contest over at indabamusic and thought to myself that her voice would be an excellent match for my instrumentals.   So shortly after hearing her voice, I sent her an email and was pleasantly surprised that she was willing to take a few tracks of mine out for a spin.  What she then emailed back to me where these wonderful pieces of art that are now part of EP1.   So please listen, enjoy and share if deemed worthy.

EP 1

This track is for remix contest over at indabamusic.com

Taking this forthcoming track from Rufus Wainwright straight to an underground club.   The original will be released on his upcoming album, Out of the Game (set for release in the UK April 23rd, in Canada April 24th, and in the US May 1st).  Hope you all dig!

Rufus Wainwright – Bitter Tears (Odd Year Remix)

Rufus Wainwright – Bitter Tears (Odd Year Remix) by oddyear

Odd Year & The Reverb Junkie – Part of You (Preview) by oddyear

What a perfect match up between material and vocalist, Jenny O. covering a Buddy Holly track — hells yeah!  I listened to the vocal stems of this track on the remix page over at indabamusic.com and had a really good sound in mind for a remix.  So here ya go, enjoy and feel free to share and comment!

Jenny O.- I’m Gonna Love You Too (Odd Year Remix)

Jenny O.- I’m Gonna Love You Too (Odd Year Remix) by oddyear

If you like Gotan Project or the Cafe Del Mar series of chillout music with International flavor, then this track will be a win for you. The track makes use of stems from the soundtrack written and produced by Hans Zimmer from the movie: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Also features Rodrigo y Gabriela on acoustic guitars. With this mix, The Reverb Junkie made an incredible arrangement and went one step further by writing her song on-top of it. From which I took the track and added all the percussive elements, hence the “Odd Year Edit” on the track name.

Hans Zimmer (ft.The Reverb Junkie) – Angelica [Part of the Plan] (Odd Year Edit)

Hans Zimmer (ft.The Reverb Junkie) – Angelica [Part of the Plan] (Odd Year Edit) by oddyear

I just completed this remix and thought it fit for sharing.  Over at indabamusic, they have the stems available for Paul Simon’s latest release, Love is Eternal Sacred Light, from which I grabbed the vocals tracks and left the rest to create this upbeat, dance floor friendly version.  As soon as I heard his vocals for this track, I could hear the remix I could work around them with.  I love the sound of Paul Simon’s voice set against an electronic backing track and push forward.  See what you all think…

Paul Simon – Love is Eternal Sacred Light (Odd Year Remix)

Odd Year

Paul Simon – Love is Eternal Sacred Light (Odd Year Remix) by oddyear

I know it’s been a bit quite on the Odd Year front as of late, but I just finished up two remixes you can now listen to on soundcloud.  I did them both for Color Theory‘s new remix ep titled, The Silence.

Backseat:

I fell in love with Backseat off of Color Theory’s latest release, The Sound and when the opportunity arose to remix it, I couldn’t resist.  This track has the classic depeche mode melancholy to which I wanted to do a more “widescreen” edition of.  Hence the rain and thunder efx on the track.

Color Theory – Backseat (Odd Year Remix) by oddyear

Song Named After A Girl:

The single off the album and a track I approach with a more “bare-bones” mentality.  This was done mostly with the bassline that runs throughout and minimal synths except for the chorus sections.  I am not a fan of the typical remix, i.e., just speed up the vocals or only use a snippet of vocals and then slam a house beat underneath.  I usually take the approach of re-visioning it and asking myself what I would do if I had Brian in the studio to record a new track.  I like the stark contrast of a deep bass with Brian’s voice and really wanted to highlight the melody he wrote for the chorus.  Hope you all enjoy.

Color Theory – Song Named After a Girl (Odd Year Remix) by oddyear

Color Theory is the music outlet for one Brian Hazard, who is also known for his mastering production house, Resonance Mastering.

Just finished a remix of a Color Theory track for Brian Hazard. You can preview his Remix EP called The Silence here. On it you’ll find a collaboration I did with Brian called, “Waiting In The Wings” and the new remix, “Backseat (Odd Year Remix)”.

I fell in love with this track, so it was treat to lend my hand on it and give  it an “Odd Year” spin. The other stand out track for me was Extroverts at Play, which gets a proper remix called, “Rename 7″ Introversion”.