This is my melancholy stripped-back DNB remix of MJ Cole's "Open Arms".

I wanted to really bring out the sadness in the lyrics and vocal delivery and was enjoying working in the 160BPM range with breaks at the time. But the nature of this one wanted me to keep it very minimal and largely stripped back, whilst still giving some energy and craziness to the chorus.

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MJ Cole - Open Arms (ft. Jamie A) (Jose Schmitt Remix)

A wise ghost of a witch once spent some time contemplating death. It messed with her brain so much it warped her thoughts into twisted breaks and gnarly bass sounds, overlaid with macabre strings.

Thinking about death

I like palm trees

Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know (Jose Schmitt Bootleg FG Remix)

We dream of being artists. Most of our life is a struggle trying to see that to fruition. The art and the struggle become one.

The art can save us

Everything Everywhere

Had the experience, had a hangover, came home and heard the original on the radio, sampled the tune, moped around listening to the result for a couple of weeks. 

This is a 3 minute clip, full version longer.

Need For Need

Track 11 from forthcoming B-DEM Records released album '200%'. 

This is a 3 and a half minute clip of the full track which is just over 5 minutes.

Alone At The Movies

Please note: This is a 3 minute clip of the original track (the original is around 6 minutes). With the vocal of this track saying "with you, still" I've tried to emulate an emotion of being away from a loved one in the physical form but still being with them emotionally. Bilocation - to be in more than location at once.

The track is supposed to take you on an emotional mental journey, a trail of thought whilst thinking about a loved one you're not currently with. It starts at a low point, reaches a climax during a fond memory and then back down into a low. Get pissed, turn your lights off, turn your stereo up and cotch. 

I haven't really limited the track too hard because I value the dynamics of this track a lot more than other tracks I have made (there is a LOT of dynamic automation to help aid the journey), therefore the track will seem quiet if you don't turn it up a lot more than you usually would for EDM stuff.


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