Tracks evolving from remixes, rearrangements and reimaginations

ReCreations

Long Dark Night

Skio's Zimmer90 remix: I dared to resequence the track, left some elements, added drums, percs and moog bass, FXed some stuff as well. I love 'em vocals! 

This extended mix adds some bars here and there to produce a kinda flowing EDM track. Or so.

What Love Is (extended Mix)

I stripped the track off (most) fancy-but-not-needed musical extras, concentrating on the basics and the all-important vocals. All drums were replaced by new ones. Speed is slightly increased to 160 bpm.

Caroline (remix By APi)

My remix of the Skytech & Dannic track "Hurt Me Now" (presented at SKIO).

Hurt Me Now

SKIO Music runs a remix contest in Oct 2024 for the track "Ticking Time Bomb". I merely took the provided vocal stems and redesigned everything else: drums, piano, bass, bells and choir. The tempo got reduced to 142 bpm.

Ticking Time Bomb (remix)

Inspired by the theme from Mix Challenge's SWC 087 this guitars driven tune sees the light of the day ... 

Shine A Light

The Thrillers' Gone

Dies Irae — "The Day of Wrath" — draws its name and inspiration from the iconic medieval Latin hymn that envisions the Last Judgment: a cataclysmic reckoning where the trumpet sounds, the dead rise, and every soul stands trial before an all-powerful Judge. Traditionally sung at Catholic Requiem Masses, this ancient text has haunted Western music and imagination for centuries, inspiring giants like Mozart and Verdi to transform it into timeless works of art.

This reinterpretation takes a more critical and personal path. Rather than presenting the full, fire-and-brimstone narrative, the track distills the original into select verses — fragments that echo through the music like distant voices from a troubled past. The piece challenges the deeply rooted notion of God as a merciless arbiter, replacing fear with reflection. In doing so, it questions how such doctrines have shaped our inner world — replacing love with dread, grace with guilt.

The composition opens and closes with solemn church organ passages, framing the piece like the arches of a ruined cathedral. The final organ reprise, however, carries a subtle shift — a glimmer of hope, as if the weight of centuries-old judgment might finally give way to something more compassionate.

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DIES IRAE 

Dies irae, dies illa
Solvet sæclum in favilla.

Quantus tremor est futurus
Quando iudex est venturus.

Liber scriptus proferetur,
in quo totum continetur.

Iudex ergo cum sedebit,
quidquid latet apparebit.

(The day of wrath, that day,
will dissolve the world in ashes.

How great will be the quaking,
when the Judge is about to come!

The written book will be brought forth,
in which all is contained.

When therefore the Judge will sit,
whatever lies hidden, will appear.)

Horror Sacri

Dies Irae

And so it goes...

New Mix & Master

Guitar Solo by the great Rob Kleiss, Cheers to you in la France!

The driver said: Keep your eyes on the road that you ride on, stay on
And don't be a fool to dream your time away
I'm thinking about time, is it more, is it less than six weeks
On the beach? Or forty boring cloudy windy days?

Oh, na na na nai

Yeah ooh, wo-o-wo-o
I work too hard in the morning. I get up at seven
I shut my shades. All day long I don't do a single thing
And I don't have much more than a dreamboat to sail away
Six strings and a song to sing

Solo

There's a beautiful girl in the hills of Wales and I love her, mm-mm
And I can't give her nothing but my love
The driver said: You'll be dead if you touch my sister, mister
I know damn well what you're thinking of

Oh, na na na nai
Ooh, woh woh woh, na na na nai

Oo-ooh
I work too hard, I work too hard in the morning. I get up at seven
All day long I don't do a single thing
The driver said: Keep your eyes on the road that you ride on, stay on
And don't be a fool to dream your time away

Celar Aged Wines

The Driver

Transcending ourselves from the physical to the spiritual realm. A state of mind where our material belongings do not hold much value and our consciousness reaches a point of a more heightened awareness. A consciousness free of all pain and suffering. It's a state of mind void from all the troubles of our blue planet, an awareness full of peace and joy.
Special thanks to Haider Mahmood for the cover picture.

On A Higher Realm

I think Andreas has done an extraordinary arrangement with this one. It was the perfect choice, using an extract of Saturn from Holst's Planet Suite.

16. The Tower

"Louisiana 1927" (Randy Newman) [08.11.25]
J Dulva and Counting Coup
(c) 2025 Cenote Music

Louisiana 1927 [08.11.25]

Book marked - Robert Grigg, Combstead

Produced and written by Sarah Paradise-Brown

Something feels broken
Something inside
I often wonder
Why I’m not like the other guys

Something feels distant
Good times get pushed aside
The closer you hold me
The further I reside

Were you faking when
You said it felt so good

Don’t touch my skin
I can’t breathe when you pull me in
Love’s just a word
I’ve only heard
What love should be
Cause I was never shown
How love should feel
How love should feel

Tell me if you’re feeling tired
Tell me if you’re feeling tired

Don’t touch my skin
I can’t breathe when you pull me in
Love’s just a word
I’ve only heard
What love should be
Cause I was never shown
How love should feel
How love should feel

How Love Should Feel

Just some fun vibes. Be careful it's addictive 🤩💯👊🏾🫵🏾

So into you

Being musician and artist "since ages", the last two decades and all the developments in digital music broadened my interests and activities in doing music actively and passively. Not being shy of any genre (OK, leave off some Punk and Extreme Metal derivates) I engage in composing, arranging, mixing and collaborating. 

Oh, and I do all my artwork and designs as well. And as you may notice I regard AI as a friendly helper.

Have a few looks & listens into my repertoire and eventually gain some insights. I'm always open for collabs if the the interests match ...

Long Dark Night

APi_ZZ

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