A bootleg remix / re-working of Evanescence's Bring Me To Life. Dubby, dark, heavy, and downtempo.  As in 50 bpm.  Don't turn up your sub too much -- this song is like 40% bass.

Guitar solo provided by stepcut.

Bring Me To Life (Evanescence) - Heavy Downtempo Remix - Contricker

A really quick hackjob done this morning for a rude awakening on a Certain Someone's birthday.  It worked :)  Good thing he has a sense of humor...  (The rest of the house, not so much.  They'll get theirs, never fear.)

Dubstep Alarm Clock (Should Be Looped For Maximum Effect)

A bootleg remix of Foreigner's Urgent using the solo vocals.  It's higher energy than I had intended. I meant to do a cooler, groovier house track but that didn't happen.  Oh well.  

BPM: 125-ish
THE TRACK CHANGES TEMPO IN THE MIDDLE.  I am pretty sure it begins and ends at 125.

House / Bassline House Remix - Urgent (Foreigner X Contricker)

Music for a Minecraft video - "Herobrine's Mansion" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYTheGktCC8)

8bit Video Game BGM - Herobrine's Mansion

Remix of an acapella cover of Dido's White Flag randomly found on Youtube.  The singer was almost 14 at the time, and I liked the sound.

The internet wins for electronic musicians.

White Flag Remix (Dido X A Tasev X Contricker)

My mother's favorite song around this time of year.  So I did this cute speed mix.  Jimmy Horzen (the original squeezebox scoundrel with his merry band) responded and said he'd possibly make a video.  That would be EPIC!

In Heaven There Is No Beer (Horzen X Contricker)

The reason we made this "masterpiece" is convoluted.  Basically, a friend posted a critique of industrial music by Faderhead that included a line of overwrought, nonsensical lyrics, and I took the bait.  (The line in question: "the dark sky promises a silver lining of eternal aeon future.")

It's poetry, done in a really short time span.  We know.  It shows.  But it made 2 people laugh so totally worth it.

plagued by the void
the dawn of our past
time has been destroyed 
our lives an open chance

we try to see with shuttered eyes
but the storm has passed
when we’re casting fortune’s dice
they must be recast

the future…
oh the future

the dark sky promises a silver lining 
in eternal aeon future

the future…
oh the future….

I wander through this hopeless world
just an unformed shadow creature

Weeping Raven - Eternal Future

Diamonds - Industrial R&B Practice

Today, I worked a bit on a collaboration.  He asked for a backing track that was like Professor Elemental.  "You know, electroswing."  It came out a bit piratey.

The lyrics are *very* challenging.  We were originally going to do this at 120+, but that is not possible with the style of rapping.

July Challenge - Terraria Rap Backing (Intro)

Lo-fi.  I have no idea how to do this anymore.  It's been a long time.

July Challenge - Parlor Music

I've been wanting to make custom background music for the Twilight Forest mod for a while.  I decided to try it for my post of the day - unfortunately, I've been playing too much Zelda so it came out more like that soundtrack than I would like.

July Challenge - Twilight Castle

I thought this day would never come!  Actually, I did.  I've posted 31 completely different musical ideas.  Some are better than other, of course... all done in 1-3 hours.  
Art from https://vimeo.com/117890578.
This song even has lyrics, but no time to get a singer and process it up, so you get the minimal version today.

July Challenge - End - Minimal

Why did I do this?  I don't know.  But people assure me it's wack in a good way, so I may continue.  Warning: this is chaotic

Super Mario World Beats - Athletic Theme Chaos Remix

Oblivious (Neurofunk / Electronic Funk)

Thanks Ekalimusic for the inspiration...

In our house…
and this house is the only house that houses, 
even if it’s not your house…
in the beginning, it was about house, and now... 
it’s about house
it will always…
ALWAYS
be about... 
HOUSE MUSIC

The Housiest House That Ever Housed

When I heard Donna Summer had died, I thought, "disco never dies!" and looked for any kind of remix material.  No More Tears (a duet with Donna Summer & Barbara Streisand) was what I found, and it became my track of the month.  

Is it disco?  Is it house?  I dunno.  Whatever it is, I hope you enjoy it.  See my website for sample attributions (drums from Freesound.org.)

Contricker - Donna Summer Remix - No More Tears

Electronic musician who writes songs about people's lives, both real and imaginary.  And sometimes trolls, kind of a lot.

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